Nerodia

Nerodia sipedon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Nerodia
Species (10): N. clarkii – N. cyclopion – N. erythrogaster – N. fasciata – N. floridana – N. harteri – N. paucimaculata – N. rhombifer – N. sipedon – N. taxispilota

Name

Nerodia Baird & Girard, 1853: 38

• Type species: Coluber sipedon Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rossman, D.A. & Eberle, W.G. 1977. Partition of the genus Natrix, with preliminary observations on evolutionary trends in natricine snakes. Herpetologica 33(1): 34–43. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Nerodia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2019.
• Nerodia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: North American Water Snakes