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Thamnophis melanogaster WIEGMANN, 1830

  
 

Higher Taxa

Colubridae, Natricinae, Serpentes (snakes

Subspecies

Thamnophis melanogaster canescens SMITH 1942
Thamnophis melanogaster chihuahuanensis (TANNER 1959)
Thamnophis melanogaster linearis (SMITH, NIXON & SMITH 1950)
Thamnophis melanogaster melanogaster (PETERS 1864

Common Name

E: Blackbelly Garter Snake
G: Mexikanische Schwarzbauch-Strumpfbandnatter

Synonym

Tropidonotus melanogaster WIEGMANN 1830
Tropidonotus melanogaster — PETERS 1864: 389
Tropidonotus (Regina) mesomelanus JAN 1863 (nomen oblitum)
Eutaenia melanogaster — COPE 1885: 386
Tropidonotus melanogaster — BOULENGER 1893: 225
Nerodia melanogaster - CHIASSON & LOWE 1989
Nerodia melanogaster — LINER 1994
Thamnophis (Nerodia) melanogaster — MUTSCHMANN 1995: 122
Thamnophis melanogaster — ROSSMAN et al. 1996

Thamnophis melanogaster canescens SMITH 1942
Thamnophis melanogaster canescens SMITH 1942
Tropidonotus baronismulleri BOULENGER 1894:226
Thamnophis melanogaster canescens — PETERSON 1995

Location

Mexico (Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Querétaro, Zacatecas).

canescens: Mescio: Durango

chihuahuanensis: Chihuahua, Durango (HR 33: 69

Holotype

syntypes ZMB 1996, 1946, 51781

Comment

See SMITH & CHISZAR (2001) for a comment on the name Tropidonotus (Regina) mesomelanus.
Peters noted that the species was named by Wiegmann in 1830, without a description. (Wiegmanns name seems to be available).

Reproduction: ovoviviparous

References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
  • Bourguignon, T. 2002. Strumpfbandnattern: Herkunft - Pflege - Arten. E. Ulmer Verlag, 125 pp.
  • Chiasson,R.B. & LOWE,C.H. 1989. Ultrastructural scale pattens in Nerodia and Thamnophis. Journal of Herpetology 23 (2): 109-118
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404
  • Gregory, T. G., L. A. Gregory, J. M. Macartney 1983. Color pattern variation in Thamnophis melanogaster. Copeia 1983 (2): 530-534
  • Hallmen, M. & Chlebowy, J. 2001. Strumpfbandnattern. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 192 pp.
  • Jan,G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milano, A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp.
  • Mutschmann, Frank 1995. Die Strumpfbandnattern. WESTARP WISSENSCHAFTEN - Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Bd.620, 172 pp.
  • Peters,W. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Plathydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes), und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoëta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Mber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin [1864]: 381-399
  • Peterson, H. William;Smith, Hobart M.;Chizsar, David 1995. Some noteworthy amphibians and reptiles from the region of Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 30 (5): 90-91
  • 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
  • Smith, Hobart M. and David Chiszar. 2001. The nomen protectum rule of the 1999 Code and name for the garter snake Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters). Herpetological Review 32 (3):160-161
  • Smith, Hobart M.; Nixon, C. William; Smith, Philip W. 1950. Mexican and Central American garter snakes (Thamnophis) in the British Museum (Natural History). Linnean Society's Journal; Zoology 41 (282): 571-584
  • Tanner,Wilmer W. 1959. A new Thamnophis from western Chihuahua with notes on four other species. Herpetologica 15 (4): 165-172
  • Wiegmann, A. F. A. 1830. Preisverzeichnis der Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Fische und Krebse, welche von Hrn Deppe und Schiede in Mexico gesammelt worden. Berlin, 1.Sept. 1930


 
 
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