Brown Water Snake
(Nerodia taxispilota)
Holbrook, 1838
Genus
Nerodia
Species
taxispilota
Subspecies
N/A
Common Name
Brown Water Snake
Other Names
N/A
Conservation
Status
Global: G5
Alabama: S3
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Low Conservation Concern: P4
Taxa that are secure, yet conservation concerns exist because of one of four of the following: relative abundance; limited, disjunct, or peripheral distribution; decreasing population trend/population viability problems; specialized habitat needs/increasing habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Research on specific problems suggested.
Taxon
Nerodia taxispilota — WALLACH et al. 2014: 485
Coluber taxispilotus HOLBROOK 1838: 113
Tropidonotus taxispilotus HOLBROOK 1843: 35 (fide DUMÉRIL et al. 1854)
Nerodia taxispilota — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 43
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 605
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — GARMAN 1884: 26
Natrix taxispilota — COPE 1889: 392
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — BOULENGER 1893: 245
Natrix taxispilota — LOENNBERG 1894
Natrix taxispilota — CLAY 1938
Natrix taxispilota — CLIBURN 1956
Nerodia taxispilota — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 148
Nerodia taxispilota — CROTHER 2000: 67
Nerodia taxispilota — CROTHER et al. 2012
Nerodia taxispilota — WALLACH et al. 2014: 485
Tropidonotus taxispilotus HOLBROOK 1843: 35 (fide DUMÉRIL et al. 1854)
Nerodia taxispilota — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 43
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 605
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — GARMAN 1884: 26
Natrix taxispilota — COPE 1889: 392
Tropidonotus taxispilotus — BOULENGER 1893: 245
Natrix taxispilota — LOENNBERG 1894
Natrix taxispilota — CLAY 1938
Natrix taxispilota — CLIBURN 1956
Nerodia taxispilota — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 148
Nerodia taxispilota — CROTHER 2000: 67
Nerodia taxispilota — CROTHER et al. 2012
Nerodia taxispilota — WALLACH et al. 2014: 485
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 25-33 rows (midbody). A divided anal plate
Shown in yellow. The scale or scales directly covering the…. Split subcaudial scales.
Habitat:
Habitat
Distribution:
distribution
Feeding Habits:
feeding habits
Breeding:
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Ecology:
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