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After returning home I located my copy of, The Amphibians and Reptiles of New Brunswick, by Stanley W. Gorham, (a 1970 publication of the New Brunswick Museum), to see if I could identify it. I learned that the Red-bellied Snake is the only snake in New Brunswick which has a reddish belly and it is not often longer than 12 inches. There was a light spot or two on the snake's head and that feature also is a characteristic of this species. The colour of the snake's back ranges from dark brown to light brown depending upon the phase it is in.
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