Green water snake

Green water snake
Nerodia cyclopion in Arkansas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. cyclopion
Binomial name
Nerodia cyclopion
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus cyclopion
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Natrix cyclopium
    — Cope, 1892
  • Nerodia cyclopium
    — Garman, 1892
  • Natrix cyclopion
    — Schmidt & Davis, 1941
  • Nerodia cyclopion
    — H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

The green water snake (Nerodia cyclopion) is a common species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.

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