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Nerodia sipedon  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174251

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Coluber sipedon Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): Northern Water Snake [English]
  
    couleuvre d'eau [French]
  
    Common Watersnake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       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  
                                           SpeciesNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Water Snake, couleuvre d'eau, Common Watersnake  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Nerodia sipedon insularum (Conant and Clay, 1937) – Lake Erie Water Snake, Lake Erie Watersnake 
                                              Subspecies Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (Cope, 1892) – Midland Water Snake, Midland Watersnake 
                                              Subspecies Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern Water Snake, Northern Watersnake 
                                              Subspecies Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi (Conant and Lazell, 1973) – Carolina Water Snake, Carolina Watersnake 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Nerodia sipedon    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Nerodia sipedon    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Northern Water Snake[English], couleuvre d'eau [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nerodia sipedon   
       
  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 sipedon, Northern Water Snake [English]   
       
  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 sipedon   
       
  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 sipedon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: Common Watersnake[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Upper Tidal Potomac River Population of the Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon) as an Endangered Distinct Population Segment   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 71, no. 234   
  Page(s): 70715-70717   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nerodia sipedon, Northern Water Snake [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Banks et al. (2004) note: Threatened in some areas of species' range  
    US ESA: The upper tidal Potomac River distinct population segment petition to list as threatened or endangered not substantial and not initiating status review according to 90-day petition finding, as published in Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234, Pages 70715 - 70717, December 06, 2006  
 

 

    

 
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