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Rossman's garter snake
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| Rossman'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. rossmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000
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Rossman's garter snake (Thamnophis rossmani) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name rossmani is in honor of the American herpetologist Douglas A. Rossman.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]Habitat
[edit]Reproduction
[edit]T. rossmani is viviparous.[3] A female was observed giving birth to four live young. Each neonate had a snout-to-vent length of about 5 cm (2.0 in).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Thamnophis rossmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007 e.T63989A12727015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63989A12727015.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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 rossmani, p. 227).
- ^ a b Species Thamnophis rossmani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Luja VH, López-Solís JA, Hernández López OA (2016). "Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000. Reproduction". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (4): 1024-1026.
Further reading
[edit]- Conant R (2000). "A new species of garter snake from Western Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (76): 1–7. (Thamnophis rossmani, new species).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Thamnophis rossmani, p. 725).
- Woolrich-Piña GA, Ponce-Campos P, Loc-Barragán J, Ramirez-Silva JP, Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, García-Padilla E, Wilson LD (2016). "The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 375–448. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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