Bluestripe ribbon snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Thamnophis |
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| Subspecies: | T. s. nitae
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| Thamnophis sauritus nitae Rossman, 1963
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The bluestripe ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus nitae) is a ribbon snake that occurs along the Gulf Coast in Florida. Adults are thin and are black with a mid-dorsal stripe that is a lighter shade of black and two blue stripes, hence the name "bluestripe ribbon snake". They are semi-aquatic and are active during the day. They can be found by lakes, rivers, and slow-moving streams.
Diet
They eat frogs, salamanders, small fishes, earthworms, minnows, lizards, and insects.
Captivity
In captivity they can live in a 20-gallon tank and they will eat feeder mice, feeder lizards, feeder bugs, and pinkie mice.
Size
In adulthood they grow to be 45 to 63 cm (18 to 25 in). They start out at 17 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7 in) after hatching.
References
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