Banded water snake

Banded water snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. fasciata
Binomial name
Nerodia fasciata
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[4]
  • Coluber fasciatus Linnaeus, 1766
  • Natrix fasciata subsp. confluens Blanchard, 1923
  • Natrix fasciata subsp. pictiventris Cope, 1895
  • Natrix sipedon subsp. engelsi Barbour, 1943
  • Natrix sipedon subsp. fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Nerodia sipedon subsp. fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Tropidonotus bisectus Cope
  • Natrix fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)[2]
  • Natrix sipedon fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)[3]
A Nerodia fasciata attempting to prey on a parvalbumin-coated lure. Parvalbumin is involved in prey signaling.[5]
An unusual reddish specimen of banded water snake.

The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes most commonly found in the Midwest, Southeastern United States.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Nerodia fasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T62237A12583389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T62237A12583389.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.- XXVIII. (Tropidonotus fasciatus, pp. 242–244.)
  3. ^ Stejneger, L., and T. Barbour. 1917. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 125 pp. (Natrix sipedon fasciata, p. 96.)
  4. ^ "Nerodia fasciata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  5. ^ Smargiassi, M. T.; Daghfous, G.; Leroy, B.; Legreneur, P.; Toubeau, G.; Bels, V.; Wattiez, R. (2012). "Chemical basis of prey recognition in thamnophiine snakes: the unexpected new roles of parvalbumins". PLOS ONE. 7 (6): e39560. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739560S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039560. PMC 3384659. PMID 22761824.