Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Water Snake)
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DIAMONDBACK
WATER SNAKE
Nerodia rhombifer (Hollowell, 1852)
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Lakeland Park Rd.
near Lake Lavon, Wylie area, 3 mi E of Wylie, 4 mi W of Princeton, and 3
mi E of Lucus near Brockdale Park on Lake Lavon;
Dallas Co.: gravel
pits W of Carrollton, Seagoville area, Glen Lake Country Club Lake,
Farmers Branch Creek, Prairie Creek near Blueberry Blvd. in Pleasant
Grove, .6 mi S jct Sachse Rd. on Merritt Rd., and Spring Creek area N of
Garland; Denton Co.:
Aubrey area; Johnson
Co.: 8 mi SE of Godley on
Tx 171, 1.6 mi S of Nolan River on US 67, 2.2 mi SW of US 67 on Park Rd.
21, and 11.3 mi NE of Tx 144 on US 67;
Parker Co.: 1.4
mi N of Aledo near Mary's Creek; Rockwall
Co.: 3 mi N of Rockwall
on FM 205; Tarrant Co.:
off of Waterwood in NW Arlington, below spillway at Lake Worth,
Clear Fork of Trinity River at US 377, Eagle Mt. Lake, Euless area, and
Village Creek in Arlington; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur, 19 mi E of US 281 on US 380, and 12.8 mi S
jct FM 455 on FM 1655
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: permanent
water in all habitat areas
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