Nerodia fasciata (Southern Water Snake)
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SOUTHERN
WATER SNAKE
Nerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Plate 79
STATUS: Rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Drainage ditches S
of Malloy Bridge Rd. at the Trinity River;
Johnson Co.: 2.3
mi N of Park Rd. 21 on US 67
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms
SUBSPECIES: Broad-banded
Water Snake [N. f. confluens (Blanchard,
1923)] COMMENTS: The broad-banded water snake (N. f. confluens) should be more common than these observations indicate. |