Nerodia rhombifer

Nerodia rhombifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. rhombifer
Binomial name
Nerodia rhombifer
(Hallowell, 1852)
Subspecies

N. r. blanchardi (Clay, 1938)
N. r. rhombifera (Hallowell, 1852)
N. r. werleri (Conant, 1953)

Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus rhombifer
    Hallowell, 1852
  • Natrix rhombifera
    — Cope, 1889[2]
  • Nerodia rhombifera
    — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982[3]
Adult

Nerodia rhombifer, commonly known as the diamondback water snake, is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid endemic to the central United States and northern Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies of N. rhombifer, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Female giving birth
  1. ^ Hammerson GA, Lavin P, Mendoza Quijano F (2007). "Nerodia rhombifer ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63856A12722606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63856A12722606.en.
  2. ^ Stejneger L, Barbour T (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Natrix rhombifera, p. 95).
  3. ^ Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Nerodia rhombifera, pp. 154-155).