Sumichrast's garter snake
Sumichrast's garter snake (Thamnophis sumichrasti ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Thamnophis |
Species: | T. sumichrasti |
Binomial name | |
Thamnophis sumichrasti (Cope, 1866) | |
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Etymology
The specific name sumichrasti is in honor of the Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[3]
Geographic range
Thamnophis sumichrasti is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, and Veracruz.[2]
Reproduction
T. sumichrasti is viviparous.[2]
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References
- Canseco-Márquez L, Flores-Villela O (2007). "Thamnophis sumichrasti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- Species Thamnophis sumichrasti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnophis sumichrasti, p. 258).
Further reading
- Cope ED (1866). "On the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region". Proceedings of the Acadademy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 300–314. (Eutaenia sumichrasti, new species, p. 306).
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Rossman DA (1966). "Evidence for Conspecificity of the Mexican Garter Snakes Thamnophis phenax (Cope) and Thamnophis sumichrasti (Cope)". Herpetologica 22 (4): 303–305.
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