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title: "Culebra de agua sureña"
description: "Nerodia fasciata — Reptiles. The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes most commonly found in the Midwest, Southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/banded-watersnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Culebra de agua sureña

> Nerodia fasciata — Reptiles. The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes most commonly found in the Midwest, Southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Nerodia fasciata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 25502
- Wikidata: [Q2065834](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2065834)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29317](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29317)

## Names

- en: Banded Watersnake
- de: Gebänderte Wassernatter
- es: Culebra de agua sureña
- nl: Gebandeerde waterslang

## Countries with the most observations

US (24081)

## Summary

The banded water snake or southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata) is a species of mostly aquatic, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes most commonly found in the Midwest, Southeastern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_water_snake

## Photo

![Culebra de agua sureña](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-watersnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jeremy Chamberlain · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317882240

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-watersnake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).