Apologies for posting image of this deceased Mudsnake, but it is such a beautiful, mature specimen, about 4' long, I wanted to share it's existence with the scientific community. Found along Riverbend Road, south side of Lake Rousseau, Dunnellon FL.
We'd had heavy rains earlier in the day. This road is local, separated from lakeshore marshes by one row of older residences. A large, heavily wooded lot is present on the upland side of the road, where the snake was found- it had been hit in road. :-(