Global InformationLake Erie watersnake information
| Lake Erie watersnake | |
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Conservation status
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 Imperiled (NatureServe)[1] | |
 Delisted (ESA)[2][3][4] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Nerodia |
| Species: | N. sipedon
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| Subspecies: | N. s. insularum
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| Trinomial name | |
| Nerodia sipedon insularum (Conant and Clay, 1937)[5]
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| Synonyms[6] | |
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Natrix sipedon subsp. insularum Conant & Clay, 1937 | |
The Lake Erie watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum), a subspecies of the common watersnake, is a nonvenomous natricine snake. It is found on the offshore islands of Western Lake Erie, as well as the mainland of Ottawa County, Ohio. In 1999 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the subspecies as a threatened subspecies after the population fell to 1,500 individuals. In 2011, the subspecies was removed from the list after the population increased to nearly 12,000 individuals by 2009.
- ^ NatureServe (June 30, 2023). "Nerodia sipedon insularum". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Lake Erie water snake (Nerodia sipedon insularum)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ 64 FR 47126
- ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (August 16, 2011). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife". Federal Register. 76 (158): 50680–50702. 76 FR 50680
- ^ Conant, Roger; Clay, William (September 11, 1963). "A Reassessment of the Taxonomic Status of the Lake Erie Water Snake". Herpetologica. 19 (3): 179–184. JSTOR 3890647.
- ^ "Nerodia sipedon subsp. insularum (Conant & Clay, 1937)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved August 1, 2023.