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Godman's garter snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: T. godmani
Binomial name
Thamnophis godmani
(Günther, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus godmani
    Günther, 1894
  • Eutaenia godmani
    — Cope, 1900
  • Thamnophis scalaris godmani
    — H.M. Smith, 1942
  • Thamnophis godmani
    — Rossman in Varkey, 1979

Godman's garter snake (Thamnophis godmani) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Mexico, and was first described by Albert Günther in 1894.

Etymology

The specific name godmani is in honor of the British naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman.

Geographic range

T. godmani is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of T. godmani are forest and freshwater wetlands.

Behavior

A terrestrial species, T. godmani shelters under rocks and logs.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. godmani has been described as viviparous and as ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Thamnophis godmani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63981A12725556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63981A12725556.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Thamnophis godmani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Rossman, Douglas A.; Ford, Neil B.; Seigel, Richard A. (1996). The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. xx + 332 pp. ISBN 9780806128207. (pp. 190-193).
  4. 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 godmani, p. 102).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Tropidonotus godmani, p. 600).
  • Günther ACLG (1894). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman and Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xx + 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. . (Tropidonotus godmani, new species, p. 133).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Rossman DA, Burbrink FT (2005). "Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (79): 1–43.


Taxon identifiers
Thamnophis godmani
Tropidonotus godmani


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