snake id?

[muley4x4]

Hey guys what kind of snake is this it was near a friends pool and swimming in it?

Thanks in advance. My guess is cotton mouth???

[muley4x4]

file was to big and couldn't open it with paint or anything else. If anyone would like the original email i can send it?

[Tommyh]

looks like a water snake, but the head is hard to see clearly. tell him to grab it and see if it bites him

[Sully]

Hard to tell from the pics but my first impression is that it is not a cottonmouth and probably a diamondback watersnake, broad banded watersnake or some other watersnake.

[Txnrog]

Watersnake, but I still wouldn't be testing it out on my hand. . .

[muley4x4]

snake lover??

[jmac2410]

Yellow-Bellied Watersnake

[D C]

I say cottonmouth...

[McClain]

not a cottonmouth -- its a banded water snake.

[Snakelover]

I think it's a Yellow Bellied Water Snake.

[muley4x4]

snake is it ok to leave it or should it be removed?

[rferg84]

Looks like a diamond back watersnake to me but hard to tell in the pics.

[Snakelover]

snake is it ok to leave it or should it be removed?

If it were near my pool, I'd take it somewhere else. Like to a pond or lake. They're not dangerous, just unpleasant to be around.

[Mark jackson]

leave it

[Speedgoat]

Watersnake. Leave it be. He likes to eat other things that are a nuisance.