Nerodia rhombifer
Species of snake / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nerodia rhombifer, commonly known as the diamondback water snake, is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid endemic to the central United States and northern Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies of N. rhombifer, including the nominotypical subspecies.
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Nerodia rhombifer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Nerodia |
Species: | N. rhombifer |
Binomial name | |
Nerodia rhombifer (Hallowell, 1852) | |
Subspecies | |
N. r. blanchardi (Clay, 1938) | |
Synonyms | |
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