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Florida Green Watersnake
Nerodia floridana (Goff, 1936)

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.07.49.10)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina

First instance(s) of published English names:
Florida Green Water Snake (Natrix cyclopion floridana: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Florida Green Water Snake (Natrix cyclopion floridana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1936 Goff, Carlos C. Distribution and variation of a new subspecies of water snake, Natrix cyclopion floridana, with a discussion of its relationships. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (327):1-12
1938 Clay, William M. A synopsis of the North American water snakes of the genus Natrix. Copeia 1938(4):173-182

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