REPTILIA (Reptiles) SQUAMATA (PART-SNAKES) (Snakes) NATRICIDAE (Harmless Egg-Retaining Snakes)

Common Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
nĕr-ō-dē-ŭh — sĭ-pē-dŏn


Conservation Status:

State: None

Federal: None
NatureServe State: S5 - Secure
NatureServe National: N5 - Secure
NatureServe Global: G5 - Secure
CITES: None
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Distribution:

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  • Occurrence Summary:  
  • 200
    Records 
  • 199
    Museum Vouchers 
  • 1
    Other Observations 
Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Adams (1); Brown (1); Cass (30); Cedar (2); Chase (7); Cherry (1); Cuming (2); Custer (6); Dawson (6); Dodge (1); Douglas (2); Dundy (2); Franklin (3); Furnas (3); Gage (27); Garden (1); Harlan (3); Holt (1); Hooker (2); Jefferson (8); Johnson (1); Keith (8); Knox (1); Lancaster (11); Lincoln (8); Madison (1); Merrick (4); Nance (1); Nemaha (4); Pawnee (4); Platte (1); Red Willow (1); Richardson (18); Sarpy (5); Saunders (13); Seward (3); Sheridan (1); Stanton (2); Thomas (1); Washington (1); Webster (2);

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