page_title: Brown water snake
section_title: Reproduction
hierarchical_section_title: Brown water snake / Reproduction
caption_attribution_description: English: brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota)
context_page_description: The brown water snake is a large species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to the southeastern United States.
  Lycodonomorphus rufulus is sometimes also called the brown water snake, but L. rufulus is found in South Africa.
context_section_description: N. taxispilota is ovoviviparous. Mating takes place in the spring on land or on tree branches. On average, adult females are larger than adult males. The young are born alive, usually in August, in broods of 14-58, more commonly 30-40.  The newborns are 7-10¾ in (18–27 cm) long, with males longer than females, opposite of adults.
caption: brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota)
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