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title: "Brown Watersnake"
description: "Nerodia taxispilota — Gady. The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/brown-watersnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Watersnake

> Nerodia taxispilota — Gady. The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Nerodia taxispilota*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 4891
- Wikidata: [Q900792](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900792)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29304](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29304)

## Names

- en: Brown Watersnake
- de: Braune Schwimmnatter
- nl: Brown water snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (4612)

## Summary

The brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota) is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States. This snake is often one of the most abundant species of snakes found in rivers and streams of the southeastern United States, yet many aspects of its natural history are poorly known. Due to abundance and distribution throughout its biological range, this species could be used to investigate anthropogenic impacts on aquatic ecosystems by studying their movements. 
Lycodonomorphus rufulus is sometimes also called the brown water snake, but L. rufulus is found in South Africa.

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

## Photo

![Brown Watersnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-watersnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: juniem · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95400517

## Machine access

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