#1657 · 🦎 reptiles

Diamondback Watersnake

Nerodia rhombifer

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David G. Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © bobbyfingers · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kory Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Cristian Olvera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © tomlott · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Nerodia rhombifer , commonly known as the diamondback water snake , is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid endemic to the central United States and northern Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies of N. rhombifer , including the nominotypical subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,405iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
15,405 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1852 (174 years ago).