| Common watersnake | |
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| N. sipedon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Nerodia |
| Species: | N. sipedon
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| Binomial name | |
| Nerodia sipedon | |
| Subspecies | |
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Four, see text | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
The common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)[4] is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America. It is frequently mistaken for the venomous cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
- ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Nerodia sipedon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T62239A12583567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T62239A12583567.en.
- ^ Nerodia sipedon . The Reptile Database. www.reptiledatabase.org.
- ^ Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Natrix sipedon, p. 96).
- ^ Moriarty, John J., ed. (September 2017). "Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding" (PDF). Herpetological Circular. 43 (8th ed.). Shoreview, MN, USA: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: 72. ISBN 978-1-9466-8100-3. Retrieved 20 May 2020.