Biology:Conant's garter snake

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Conant's garter snake
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species:
T. conanti
Binomial name
Thamnophis conanti
Rossman & Burbrink, 2005

Conant's garter snake (Thamnophis conanti) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name conanti is in honor of the American herpetologist Roger Conant.[1]

Geographic range

T. conanti is found in the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of T. conanti is oak woodland at elevations above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[3]

Reproduction

T. conanti is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. 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 conanti, p. 57).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Species Thamnophis conanti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Rossman & Burbrink (2005).

Further reading

  • Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN:978-3899731002.
  • Rossman, Douglas A.; Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). "Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (79): 1-43. (Thamnophis conanti, new species, pp. 29–31, Figure 12).
  • Woolrich-Piña GA, García-Padilla E, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Wilson LD (2017). "The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (4): 791–884.

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q3519520 entry