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Nerodia sipedon (northern water snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Coluber sipedon was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Natrix sipedon by Holman (1974); it was recombined as Nerodia sipedon by Blaney and Blaney (1979), Rage (1984).

Subspecies
N. fasciata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Coluber sipedon Linnaeus
1974Natrix sipedon Holman p. 344
1979Nerodia sipedon Blaney and Blaney p. 350
1984Nerodia sipedon Rage p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyNatricinaeBonaparte 1838
genusNerodiaBaird and Girard 1853
speciessipedon(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Nerodia sipedon Linnaeus 1758 [northern water snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available