| Brown water snake | |
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| Nerodia taxispilota in West Palm Beach, Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Nerodia |
| Species: | N. taxispilota
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| Binomial name | |
| Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook, 1842)
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| Synonyms | |
The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States. This snake is often one of the most abundant species of snakes found in rivers and streams of the southeastern United States, yet many aspects of its natural history are poorly known. Due to abundance and distribution throughout its biological range, this species could be used to investigate anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystems by studying their movements.[2]
Lycodonomorphus rufulus is sometimes also called the brown water snake, but L. rufulus is found in South Africa.
- ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Nerodia taxispilota". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63857A12722712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63857A12722712.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Mills, Mark, S.; Hudson, Chris, J.; Berna, Howard, J. (1995). "Spatial Ecology and Movements of the Brown Water Snake (Nerodia taxispilota)". Herpetologica. 51 (4): 412–23. JSTOR 3892767 – via JSTOR.
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