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Scientific Name
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (UPDE)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
northern water snake
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
SuborderSerpentes
InfraorderAlethinophidia
FamilyColubridae
SubfamilyNatricinae
GenusNerodia
SpeciesNerodia sipedon
SubspeciesNerodia sipedon sipedon
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
NY Herp Atlas; Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Data Source: Brad Ross, Herpetofauna taxa expert, 7/11/2006.
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
9
References
0
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
JHL
Created Date
8/4/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
7/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: NY Herp Atlas, 1990-99: Excel Spreadsheet from Alvan Breisch (Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources) compiled on March 17, 2004., 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. June 2006. http://www.itis.usda.gov/. (5) National Biological Information Infrastructure. June 2006. http://www.nbii.gov/index.html.
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