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  • English
    • Northern Watersnake
  • Scientific names
    • Tropidonotus sipedon
    • Tropidonotus sepedon
    • Nerodia sipedon
    • Natrix sipedon
    • Coluber sipedon
    • Nerodia sipedon pleuralis
  • German
    • Siegelringnatter
    • Siegel-Ringelnatter
    • Siegel-Ringelnatter, Siegelringnatter

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What

Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Observer

rpayne

Date

May 20, 2012
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What

Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Observer

matts21

Date

May 20, 2012

Description

Found under natural cover at 8:30 am.

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Observer

ehurme

Date

May 20, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sometimes also known as Natrix sipedon) is a large, non-venomous, well-known snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America. They are active during the day and at night. They are most often seen basking on rocks, stumps, or brush. During the day, they hunt among plants at the water's edge, looking for small fish, frogs, worms, leeches, crayfish, salamanders, small birds and mammals. At night, they concentrate...

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.