Banded water snake

Banded water snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Nerodia
Species:	N. fasciata
Binomial name
	Nerodia fasciata; (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
	Coluber fasciatus Linnaeus, 1766 ; Natrix fasciata subsp. confluens Blanchard, 1923 ; Natrix fasciata subsp. pictiventris Cope, 1895 ; Natrix sipedon subsp. engelsi Barbour, 1943 ; Natrix sipedon subsp. fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) ; Nerodia sipedon subsp. fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) ; Tropidonotus bisectus Cope ; Natrix fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766); Natrix sipedon fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766);

The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes most commonly found in the Midwest, Southeastern United States and Caribbean.

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