| Midland Water Snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Nerodia |
| Species: | N. sipedon |
| Subspecies: | N. sipedon pleuralis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (Cope, 1892) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Natrix fasciata pleuralis Cope, 1892 |
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The Midland Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) is a subspecies of the Northern Water Snake. This snake lives in habitats such as streams, ponds, swales, and marshes. In the southern US it follows river valleys.