Brazos Water Snake

Brazos water snake
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Nerodia
Species:	N. harteri
Binomial name
Nerodia harteri Trapido, 1941
Synonyms
Natrix harteri Trapido, 1941

The Brazos water snake or Harter's water snake (Nerodia harteri) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snake native to the United States. It is found only in north-central Texas along the Brazos River system. Due to its limited range, it is considered to be a threatened species in the State of Texas. The epithet harteri is in honor of Philip Harter, who collected the first specimen in Palo Pinto County in 1936.^[1]

Description

The Brazos water snake grows from 16 to 32 inches (41-81 cm), and ranges in color from brown to olive green. It has two rows of spots that go down either side of its back, and has a pink or orange underside with dark spots down either side.

References

1. ^ A New Species of Natrix from Texas, American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 25, No. 4, May 1941, pp 373 - 389

External links

• Species Nerodia harteri at The Reptile Database

• Herps of Texas: Nerodia harteri
• Biographies of People Honored in the Herpetological Nomenclature of North America

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