
Water Snake
Sorry for the overexposure on the right, but this photo was one of our most exciting spottings in Costa Rica. We were in a boat as this enormous water snake skyrocketed past us and then "stood up" from the water to climb a tree. They can even jump from tree to tree.

"Spilotes pullatus", commonly known as the caninana, chicken snake, yellow rat snake, or "serpiente tigre", is a species of large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Mesoamerica.
Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
By Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Jun 20, 2011. Captured Jun 20, 2011 18:43.