Florida banded water snake

Florida banded water snake
Florida banded water snake in defensive posture

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. fasciata
Subspecies:
N. f. pictiventris
Trinomial name
Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
(Cope, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Natrix fasciata pictiventris
    Cope, 1895
  • Natrix sipedon pictiventris
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
  • Natrix fasciata pictiventris
    — Conant, 1975
  • Nerodia fasciata pictiventris
    — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

The Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris), a subspecies of the banded water snake (southern water snake - Nerodia fasciata), is a nonvenomous natricine colubrid native to the southeastern United States.

  1. ^ NatureServe (4 August 2023). "Nerodia fasciata pictiventris". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 5 August 2023.