Scientific Name
    Nerodia sipedon sipedon
            Scientific Name w/ Auth.
    Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
            Park
    Fort Necessity National Battlefield (FONE)
            Sensitive
    No
            Park Accepted
    Accepted
            Record Status
    Approved
    Park Preferred Common Names
    northern water snake
            Park Synonyms
    
            Taxonomic Hierarchy
    | Kingdom | Animalia | 
| Subkingdom | Bilateria | 
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia | 
| Phylum | Chordata | 
| Subphylum | Vertebrata | 
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata | 
| Superclass | Tetrapoda | 
| Class | Reptilia | 
| Order | Squamata | 
| Suborder | Serpentes | 
| Infraorder | Alethinophidia | 
| Family | Colubridae | 
| Subfamily | Natricinae | 
| Genus | Nerodia | 
| Species | Nerodia sipedon | 
| Subspecies | Nerodia sipedon sipedon | 
Occurrence
    Present
    Occurrence Notes
    Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.
        
            Nativeness
    Native
    Nativeness Notes
    Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.
        
            Abundance
    Occasional
    Abundance Notes
    2 individual detected at the Main Unit of FONE by Paulson et al., 2005.; Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.
        
        Seasonality Tags
        - 
            Breeder
                Data Source: Brad Ross, herpetofauna taxa expert, 2/13/2006.
 
Threatened Endangered Status
    State Species of Concern statuses
    Ozone Sensitive Status
    NatureServe GRank
    NatureServe SRank
    Observations
    
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    References
    
    Vouchers
    
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            External Links
    
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            Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
    Created By
    Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
            Created Date
    1/31/2006 12:00:00 AM
            Last Modified By
    Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
            Last Modified Date
    2/13/2006 12:00:00 AM
            Notes
    Park Species Data Source: Paulson et al., 2005. NPBIB-609796: FONE Main Unit, Accepted Detail: The following sources were used to certify this species record: (1) Hulse, A. C., C. J. McCoy, and E. J. Censky. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of Pennsylvania and the northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. (2) Conant, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. Reptiles and amphibians eastern/central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, MA. (3) Petranka, J. W. 1998. Salamanders ot the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC. (4) Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database. February 2006. http://www.itis.usda.gov/. (5) National Biological Information Infrastructure. February 2006. http://www.nbii.gov/index.html.
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