Brazos water snake
| Brazos water snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Nerodia |
| Species: | N. harteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Nerodia harteri (Trapido, 1941) | |
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The Brazos water snake or Harter's water snake (Nerodia harteri) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake native to the United States.
Geographic range
It is found only in north-central Texas along the Brazos River system.
Conservation status
Due to its limited range, it is considered to be a threatened species in the State of Texas.
Etymology
The specific name or epithet, harteri, is in honor of Philip Harter, who collected the first specimen in Palo Pinto County in 1936.[1]
Description
The Brazos water snake grows to a total length of 16 to 32 inches (41-81 cm), and ranges in color from brown to olive green. It has two rows of spots that go down either side of its back, and has a pink or orange underside with dark spots down either side.
References
- ↑ Trapido, H. 1941. A New Species of Natrix from Texas. American Midland Naturalist 25 (4): 373 - 389. (Natrix harteri)
External links
- Species Nerodia harteri at The Reptile Database
- Herps of Texas: Nerodia harteri
- Biographies of People Honored in the Herpetological Nomenclature of North America