Mississippi Green Water Snake
Nerodia cyclopion
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- N. cyclopion – Chambers Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- N. cyclopion – Chambers Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- N. cyclopion – Chambers Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- N. cyclopion – Map by Tom Lott, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Nerodia cyclopion occurs in southeastern Texas. There is also a small population in northeast Texas adjucant to the Louisiana border.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Nerodia cyclopion (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril – 1854)
Genus: Nerodia, Greek – honors Nereis, a Greek sea nymph
Species: cyclopion, Greek – kyklopion = Cyclops, a small one-eyed giant
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006