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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.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.07.49.10)
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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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