Nerodia sipedon pleuralis

Midland Water Snake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Nerodia
Species:	N. sipedon
Subspecies:	N. sipedon pleuralis
Trinomial name
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (Cope, 1892)
Synonyms
Natrix fasciata pleuralis Cope, 1892

The Midland Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) is a subspecies of the Northern Water Snake. This snake lives in habitats such as streams, ponds, swales, and marshes. In the southern US it follows river valleys.