Godman's garter snake
Appearance
Godman's garter snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Thamnophis |
Species: | T. godmani
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Binomial name | |
Thamnophis godmani (Günther, 1894)
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Godman's garter snake (Thamnophis godmani ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Mexico, and was first described by Albert Günther in 1894.[3]
Etymology
The specific name godmani is in honor of the British naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman.[4]
Geographic range
T. godmani is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.[2]
References
- ^ "Thamnophis godmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Thamnophis godmani ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Rossman, Douglas A.; Ford, Neil B.; Seigel, Richard A. (1996). The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. xx + 332 pp. ISBN 9780806128207. (pp. 190-193).
- ^ 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 godmani, p. 102).
External links
- Species Thamnophis godmani at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Tropidonotus godmani, p. 600).
- Günther ACLG (1894). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London : Godman and Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xx + 326 pp. + Plates 1-76. [Published in parts 1885-1902]. (Tropidonotus godmani, new species, p. 133).
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Rossman, Douglas A.; Burbrink, Frank R. (2005). "Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex". Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Sci., Louisiana State Univ. (79): 1-44.