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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
N. fasciata

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: piscivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:00:07
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:00:07
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sipedon (19960)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (123875 124319 125951)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Natrix sipedon (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Natrix sipedon (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Nerodia sipedon (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Natrix sipedon (20332 20390 20516) Nerodia sipedon (20293 20422 20423)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Natrix sipedon (20492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Natrix sipedon (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (20638 154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Natrix sipedon (13066)