SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is hosting a virtual program for people to learn about the different species of watersnakes.
According to an MDC press release, the department is holding a virtual program called “Amphibians and Reptiles: Watersnakes of Missouri” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 18.
The virtual program is being put on by MDC’s Springfield Conservation Nature Center staff, the release says.
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The program will discuss the preferred habitat for non-venomous snakes such as swamps, marshes, oxbow lakes and drainage ditches. It will also showcase the difference between watersnakes and the venomous cottonmouth…