Nerodia floridana

Nerodia floridana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Nerodia
Species: Nerodia floridana

Name

• Nerodia floridana (Goff, 1936)

Holotype: UMMZ 77229, adult ♀, collected by a collector for Allen Ross in March 1935.

Type locality: “near Leesburg, Florida, at the Alsa–brook Prairie between Lake Griffin and Lake Yale”.

Combinations

• Natrix cyclopion floridana Goff, 1936: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Nerodia cyclopion floridana — Rossman & Eberle, 1977: 42 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Nerodia floridana — Lawson, 1987: 147 [subsquent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Goff, C.C. 1936. Distribution and variation of a new subspecies of water snake, Natrix cyclopion floridana. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 327: 1–9 + 1 plate. hdl: 2027.42/56766 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Nerodia floridana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Nerodia floridana  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63855A12722497. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63855A12722497.en

Vernacular names

English: Florida Green Water Snake Snake