Summary ⁴

Seminatrix is a genus of colubrid snakes. There is a single species in the genus, the swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea) with three subspecies:

Comprehensive description ⁵

The Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea) is a small, shiny black, highly aquatic snake of the southeastern United States. Its food includes leeches, small fish, worms, tadpoles, and small salamanders such as Dwarf Sirens (Pseudobranchus striatus) (Conant and Collins 1991).

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5. (c) Shapiro, Leo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/17570552

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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