Black swamp snake

Black swamp snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Liodytes
Species:
L. pygaea
Binomial name
Liodytes pygaea
(Cope, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Contia pygaea
    Cope, 1871
  • Tropidonotus pygæus
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Seminatrix pygaea
    — Cope, 1895
  • Liodytes pygaea
    — McVay & Carstens, 2013

The black swamp snake (Liodytes pygaea) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. There are three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.