Leah,

I've done a little google searching and it definitely looks like a water snake. There are some water snakes with the eyes on the top and side. IMO it looks like it's a water snake from the colubrid genus, Nerodia. Now which exact species, I don't know. It's head shape, eye placement, and scaling makes me think it is from the Nerodia Cyclopion species, but the belly is making it difficult to pin point.

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Look like water snake to me... Not next to my boo
ks now but will check it late
I've been thinking about buying some good books that'll help me identify snakes and other reptiles. What do you recommend?