Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta

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Copperbelly water snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Nerodia
Species:	N. erythrogaster
Subspecies:	N. e. neglecta
Trinomial name
Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta (Conant, 1949)
Synonyms
Natrix erythrogaster neglecta Conant, 1949 Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

The copperbelly water snake or copperbelly (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) is a subspecies of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the Central United States.