#1610 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Watersnake

Nerodia sipedon

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © geomamba · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrew Hoffman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Jacklyn A. Kovacs · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Honeywell Lane, Hyde Park, New York:© Gerry Salmon · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Furnace St, Sharon, MA, US:© Nick Perfetuo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Erie, Ohio, United States:© Kai Joaquin · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. North Carolina, US:© Jillian Kern · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Steuben County, NY, USA:© Alie / C.A. Kratzer · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The northern water snake ( Nerodia sipedon ) is a species of large, nonvenomous, common snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 99,328iNaturalist 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.
99,328 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).