Sumichrast's garter snake

Sumichrast's garter snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: T. sumichrasti
Binomial name
Thamnophis sumichrasti
(Cope, 1866)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eutaenia sumichrasti
    Cope, 1866
  • Eutaenia phenax
    Cope, 1868
  • Thamnophis haliophis
    Taylor, 1940
  • Thamnophis phenax halophilus
    — H.M. Smith, 1942
  • Thamnophis sumichrasti
    — Liner, 1994

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

  1. ↑ "Thamnophis sumichrasti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007. 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Thamnophis sumichrasti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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).

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