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Thamnophis angustirostris KENNICOTT, 1860


 

Higher Taxa

Colubridae, Natricinae, Serpentes (snakes

Subspecies

Common Name

Longnose Garter Snake

Synonym

Eutaenia angustirostris KENNICOTT 1860:332
Thamnophis angustirostris — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945
Natrix angustirostris — LOWE 1955
Thamnophis angustirostris — SMITH & SMITH 1976

Location

Mexico (Distrito Federal, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Durango, Sonora

Holotype

Comment

Status unclear. See Rossman, Ford & Seigel 1996. Related to Thamnophis (Nerodia) rufipunctatus and T. melanogaster. Not listed in Liner 1994, 2007. [=nomen dubium fide ROSSMAN et al, 1996]

Reproduction: ovoviviparous

References

  • Hallmen, M. & Chlebowy, J. 2001. Strumpfbandnattern. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 192 pp.
  • Kennicott,R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 328-338
  • Liner,E.A. 1994. Scientific and common names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish. Herpetol. Circ. No. 23: 1-113, SSAR
  • Lowe, C.H. 1955. Generic Status of the Aquatic Snake Thamnophis angustirostris. Copeia 1955 (4): 307-309
  • Queiroz, Alan de; Robin Lawson and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of North American Garter Snakes (Thamnophis) Based on Four Mitochondrial Genes: How Much DNA Sequence Is Enough? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 315-329
  • Rossman, Douglas A.; Ford, Neil B. & Seigel, Richard A. 1996. The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, xx + 332 + pp.
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1942. The synonymy of the garter snakes (Thamnophis), with notes on Mexican and Central American species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 27 (3 and 4): 97-123


 
 
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