Sumichrast's garter 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 |
| Species: | T. sumichrasti
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| Thamnophis sumichrasti (Cope, 1866)
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Sumichrast's garter snake (Thamnophis sumichrasti ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[3]
Geographic range
Thamnophis sumichrasti is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, and Veracruz.[2]
References
- ^ "Thamnophis sumichrasti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN. 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Thamnophis sumichrasti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 sumichrasti, p. 258).
External links
- Species Thamnophis sumichrasti at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Cope ED (1866). "On the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 18: 300-314. (Eutaenia sumichrasti, new species, p. 306).
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