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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Natricidae
Brazos Watersnake
Nerodia harteri
(Trapido, 1941)
Current SSAR Comments:
The English name was changed from "Brazos River Watersnake" to align it with the Concho Watersnake.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Harter's Water Snake
(
Natrix harteri
: 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.);
Brazos Water Snake
(
Natrix harteri
: 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
Pertinent LIterature:
1941
Trapido, Harold. A new species of
Natrix
from Texas. American Midland Naturalist 25(3):673-680
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