Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)

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Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake) is a species of snakes in the family colubrid snakes. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are found in The Nearctic. Individuals are known to live for 9.6 years.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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The Nearctic
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
- Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
- Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Southeastern Mixed Forests
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Southeastern_mixed_forests
- Attribution: http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/NA0413
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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stream
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000023
- Definition: Linear body of water flowing on the Earth's surface.
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onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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730 days
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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9.6 years

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Northern water snake. View this species on GBIF

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Northern water snake includes 4 children: