Specimen Information

Natrix tessellata
Natrix tessellata
(Tessellated Watersnake)
Reptiles-Snakes
Exotic

Specimen ID115845
GroupReptiles-Snakes
GenusNatrix
Speciestessellata
Common NameTessellated Watersnake
StateVA
CountyNorfolk
Localitya warehouse near the Norfolk Naval Base
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameHampton Roads
HUC8 Number02080208
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year1982
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:12143
Author:Mitchell, J.C.
Date:1994
Title:The Reptiles of Virginia.
Publisher:Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Pages:352pp
Commentsthought to have been brought in via an overseas freight shipment
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalNational Marine Fish Ser
Museum Cat NumberUSNMFS 115808
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Year Classjuv


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