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Nerodia  Baird and Girard, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174241

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Water Snakes [English]
  
    North American Water Snakes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyNatricinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusNerodia Baird and Girard, 1853 – Water Snakes, North American Water Snakes  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesNerodia clarkii (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Salt Marsh Water Snake, Saltmarsh Snake, Gulf salt marsh snake, Salt Marsh Snake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia cyclopion (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Green Water Snake, Mississippi Green Water Snake, Mississippi Green Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia erythrogaster (Forster in Bossu, 1771) – Plain-bellied Water Snake, Culebra-de agua vientre claro, Plainbelly Water Snake, Plain-bellied Watersnake, Red-bellied Water Snake, Redbelly Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) – Southern Water Snake, Southern Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia floridana (Goff, 1936) – Florida Green Water Snake, Florida Green Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia harteri (Trapido, 1941) – Harter's Water Snake, Brazos River Water Snake, Brazos River Watersnake, Brazos Water Snake, Harters Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia paucimaculata (Tinkle and Conant, 1961) – Concho Water Snake, Concho Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia rhombifer (Hallowell, 1852) – Diamondback Water Snake, Culebra-de agua de diamantes, Diamond-backed Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Water Snake, couleuvre d'eau, Common Watersnake 
                                           SpeciesNerodia taxispilota (Holbrook, 1838) – Brown Water Snake, Brown Watersnake 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Nerodia    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Nerodia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nerodia   
       

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