spotted and striped whiptail lizard with 7 vertebral stripes with spots in each of the two dorsolateral and upper lateral dark fields but absent in lower lateral and paravertebral dark fields; blue tail
This corn snake was found in a creek in a neighborhood located in Madison county Alabama. The weather was cloudy and about 70 degrees with limited humidity. The corn snake was found resting in the water and eventually moved underneath the bridge that the photos were taken on top of. The length of the snake was approximately 2 ½ to 3 feet long. The coloring was a light orange with dark red/brown large spots running along its back. This corn snake is a deuterostome. Snakes have bilateral symmetry and are vertebrates. They belong to the phylum Chordata which includes a subphylum Vertebrata. The corn snake geographical distribution includes eastern region of the United States.
More information can be found about this species from these sources:
https://www.livescience.com/44008-corn-snakes.html
https://animals.net/corn-snake/