AnAge entry for Nerodia sipedon
Classification (HAGRID: 03374)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Nerodia
- Species
- Nerodia sipedon
- Common name
- Northern water snake
- Synonyms
- Natrix sipedon, Coluber sipedon, Natric sipedon
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 9.6 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 122 days
- Adult weight
- 1,306 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
- [0528] Partners in Amphibian And Reptile Conservation: Northeast Working Group
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 174251
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8592
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
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- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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