Can anyone ID this snake for me?

[Didymus20X6]

A friend of mine wants to know what kind of snake this is.

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[indigoman]

Looks to be a young water snake perhaps midland, Nerodia sipedon pleuralis or northern.

[snakegirl909]

I agree that it looks like some kind of water snake. I'm on my phone now so the pic is a bit blurry though.

[slipknot711]

idk if this wil help but this is my NORTHERN water snake babies.11452 11453

[Didymus20X6]

Texas Snakes & More ID'ed it as a banded water snake. I think we can be fairly sure it's a Nerodia. The picture was taken in Mississippi.

Several people commented on the picture saying it was a copperhead, and I was really hoping to rule that out.

[slipknot711]

do you have facebook? their is a really really good snake id page u can join, should get responses back very fast also just include picture and locality. but its def. a water snake (nerodia) of some sort.

[EasternGirl]

Looks like a black corn/rat to me...the pattern looks like a corn pattern. It's not a copperhead. They have a viper shaped head. Looks just like the corns in the wild around here.

[Martinz21]

Based on the fact you found it in Mississippi, I went to a Mississippi snake site and I believe it appears to be a northern water snake.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah...now that I think about it...the face doesn't look like a corn at all. Definitely not a viper though. Water snake makes sense.