Green water snake

For the Green water snake found in Africa, see Philothamnus hoplogaster.

Green water snake
Nerodia cyclopion in Arkansas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. cyclopion
Binomial name
Nerodia cyclopion
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus cyclopion
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Natrix cyclopium
    — Cope, 1892
  • Nerodia cyclopium
    — Garman, 1892[3]
  • Natrix cyclopion
    — Schmidt & Davis, 1941[4]
  • Nerodia cyclopion
    — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982[5]

The green water snake (Nerodia cyclopion) is a common species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Nerodia cyclopion". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63853A12722283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63853A12722283.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Nerodia cyclopion ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov
  3. ^ Boulenger, G.A. (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 448 pp. + Plates -XXVIII. (Tropidonotus cyclopium [sic], pp. 244-245).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schmidt&Davis1941 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Nerodia c. cyclopion, p. 154).