Reptiles › Colubrid Snakes
Brown Watersnake
Nerodia taxispilota
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common WatersnakeNerodia sipedon
Banded WatersnakeNerodia fasciata
Diamondback WatersnakeNerodia rhombifer
Northern CottonmouthAgkistrodon piscivorus
Florida CottonmouthAgkistrodon conanti
Plain-bellied WatersnakeNerodia erythrogaster
Florida Green WatersnakeNerodia floridana
Central RatsnakePantherophis alleghaniensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 10,853 |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 3,346 |
| North Carolina | 781 |
| Virginia | 647 |
| South Carolina | 628 |
| Alabama | 223 |
| Louisiana | 40 |
| Mississippi | 37 |
| Arkansas | 8 |
| Tennessee | 8 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
Group and habits
- PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Reptiles · Reptilia |
| Order | Snakes and Lizards · Squamata |
| Family | Colubrid Snakes · Colubridae |
| Genus | Watersnakes · Nerodia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown Watersnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.