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Definition of Common water snake
1. Noun. In some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water.
Generic synonyms: Water Snake
Group relationships: Genus Natrix, Natrix
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Water Snake
Literary usage of Common water snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1905)
"This is not only the common water snake of Michigan but of the eastern and middle
states. From Maine to Georgia west to Wisconsin and Kansas. ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"... toads, fishes, and earthworms. The young are brought forth alive, usually in
August, and become mature in about one year. The common water-snake, ..."
3. Biennial Report of the Board of Curators of the Louisiana State Museum to by Louisiana State Museum, Louisiana State Museum Board of Curators, Board of Curators (1914)
"Tropidonotus grahami, Graham's water snake. Tropidonotus fasciatus, common water
snake. Tropidonotus fasciatus transversus, blotched water snake. ..."
4. An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania by Jacob Isidor Mombert (1869)
"... sipedon—common water snake; abundant, but harmless. fasciata—a very pretty
mottled species of water snake. ..."
5. Gleanings from Nature by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1899)
"The diamond water snake reaches a larger size than the common water snake, and
the two are often confounded by observers. Its habits are essentially the ..."
6. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"The outline followed in the work and in this paper is identical with the outline
which Dr. Clark followed in his investigation of the common water-snake ..."
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