Local photographer finds another invasive water snake

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY)- Another watersnake was found on camera in Yuma, this time eating a bullfrog. Last week we followed the story of an invasive watersnake not native to our area that was found in a local stream near Fortuna ponds.

And now another local photographer says they spotted the bandid watersnake again, this time in the West Wetlands.

“I heard a frog making some kind of noise. Then that’s when I looked, and I seen a snake getting a bullfrog and dragging it in the water," said wildlife photographer Banook Rodarte. "And then he dragged the bullfrog away. I couldn’t see if he’d finished it or if the frog got away."

Arizona Game and Fish says the bandid watersnake diet mostly consists of bull frogs, fish, and other amphibians you would find in an aquatic like habitat. It is not venemous.

The department says the watersnake is mostly found in the mid western to eastern United States.