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Common watersnake
N. sipedon
Conservation status
Common watersnake
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. sipedon
Binomial name
Nerodia sipedon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies

Four, see text

Synonyms[2][3]
  • Coluber sipedon
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tropidonotus sipedon
    — Holbrook, 1842
  • Nerodia sipedon
    — Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Natrix sipedon
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Nerodia sipedon
    — Stebbins, 1985

The common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)[4] is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America. It is frequently mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus).

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Nerodia sipedon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T62239A12583567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T62239A12583567.en.
  2. ^ Nerodia sipedon . The Reptile Database. www.reptiledatabase.org.
  3. ^ Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Natrix sipedon, p. 96).
  4. ^ Moriarty, John J., ed. (September 2017). "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding" (PDF). Herpetological Circular. 43 (8th ed.). Shoreview, MN, USA: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: 72. ISBN 978-1-9466-8100-3. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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