Conant's garter snake
| Conant's garter snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Thamnophis |
| Species: | T. conanti
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| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophis conanti Rossman & , 2005
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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]
References[]
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Thamnophis conanti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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". Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ. (79): 1-43. (Thamnophis conanti, new species, pp. 29–31, Figure 12).
External links[]
- Species Thamnophis conanti at The Reptile Database
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Categories:
- Reptiles described in 2005
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Thamnophis
- Taxa named by Douglas A. Rossman
- Colubrid stubs