Lake Erie watersnake
Subspecies of watersnake / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lake Erie watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum), a subspecies of the common watersnake, is a nonvenomous natricine snake. It is found on the offshore islands of Western Lake Erie, as well as the mainland of Ottawa County, Ohio. In 1999 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the subspecies as a threatened subspecies after the population fell to 1,500 individuals. In 2011, the subspecies was removed from the list after the population increased to nearly 12,000 individuals by 2009.
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Lake Erie watersnake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Nerodia |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | N. s. insularum |
Trinomial name | |
Nerodia sipedon insularum | |
Synonyms[6] | |
Natrix sipedon subsp. insularum Conant & Clay, 1937 |
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