Endangered Reptiles: Images
Copperbelly Water
SnakeNcrodia erythrogaster neglect
Status: Proposed Threatened
Status cause: Habitat loss or degradation.Collection for pet
trade, and predation.
Where found: Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.
Reports of the snake in Tennessee may actually be offspring from
copperbelly and yellowbelly watersnake mating.
Lake Erie Water SnakeNerodia
sipedon insularum
Status: Propsed Threatened
Status cause: Habitat loss or degradation due to development of
their shoreline habitat, and eradication by people mistaking tha snake as
poisonous.
Where found: Ohio and a small part of adjacent Ontario, Canada.
Formatted for EE-Link / 27 March 1995
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Lake Erie Water SnakeNerodia
sipedon insularum