Nerodia rhombifer

Nerodia rhombifer
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
Species:
N. rhombifer
Binomial name
Nerodia rhombifer
(Hallowell, 1852)
Subspecies

N. r. blanchardi (Clay, 1938)
N. r. rhombifera (Hallowell, 1852)
N. r. werleri (Conant, 1953)

Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus rhombifer
    Hallowell, 1852
  • Natrix rhombifera
    Cope, 1889
  • Nerodia rhombifera
    H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

Nerodia rhombifer, commonly known as the diamondback water snake, is a species of nonvenomous natricine colubrid endemic to the central United States and northern Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies of N. rhombifer, including the nominotypical subspecies.