Plain-Bellied Water Snake
Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Genus | Nerodia |
| Species | Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2007.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Illinois
- S2 Imperiled
- Maryland
- S2 Imperiled
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S2 Imperiled
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S2 Imperiled
- DE
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Florida
- S3 Vulnerable
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Heath, D.R., Saugey, D.A. & Heidt, G.A. 1986. Abandoned mine fauna of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 40: 33–36.
How to cite this account
Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster, 1771). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2711. https://cavebiology.org/species/nerodia-erythrogaster/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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