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    Species Accepted

    Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771)

    Plain-bellied Water Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      Biscia d'acqua dal ventre piatto Italian
      Blotched Water Snake
      Cobra-d'água-de-barriga-pálida Portuguese
      Cobra-d'água-manchada Portuguese
      Copperbelly Water Snake
      Culebra de Agua de Vientre Plano Spanish
      Culebra de agua manchada Spanish
      Culebra de agua vientre claro Spanish
      Culebra-de agua vientre claro Spanish
      Natrice dal ventre piatto Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      101 results
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      Conant, R. (1949). Two new races of Natrix erythrogaster. Copeia 1949 (1): 1-15.
      Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. (ed.). (2015). Amphibians and Reptiles of the US - Mexico Border States / Anfibios y Reptiles de los Estados de la Frontera México - Estados Unidos. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. X + 614 Pp.; ISBN 978-1-62349-306-6.
      Watson, Noel P. and Susan H. Watson. (2018). Nerodia erythrogaster (Plain-bellied Watersnake). Catesbeiana 38 (2): 116.
      Hernandez T, Herr MW, Stevens S, Cork K, Medina-Nava C, Vialpando CJ, Warfel T, Fields N, Brodie C, & Graham SP. (2019). New distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in eastern Chihuahua, Mexico. Check List 15(1): 79-86.
      Irwin, Kelly J. (2004). Arkansas Snake Guide. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, Little Rock, 50 Pp.
      Stovall, Randall H. and J. P. Kennedy. (1979). Pupillary Responses in Certain Snakes (Colubridae). The Southwestern Naturalist 24 (4): 701-703.
      Conant, & Roger. (1963). Another new water snake of the genus Natrix from the Mexican plateau. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 76: 169-172.

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