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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).

Subspecies

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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