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Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174133

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Garter Snakes [English]
		Ribbon Snakes [English]
		North American Gartersnakes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
	Infraorder	Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
	Family	Colubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes
	Subfamily	Natricinae Bonaparte, 1838
	Genus	Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 – Garter Snakes, Ribbon Snakes, North American Gartersnakes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Thamnophis atratus (Kennicott in Cooper, 1860) – Santa Cruz Garter Snake, Western Aquatic Garter Snake, Aquatic Garter Snake, Pacific Coast Aquatic Garter Snake, Aquatic Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis bogerti Rossman and Burbrink, 2005
	Species	Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892) – Short-headed Garter Snake, Shorthead Garter Snake, Short-headed Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889) – Butler's Garter Snake, Butler's Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis chrysocephalus (Cope, 1885) – Culebra-listonada cabeza dorada, Goldenhead Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis conanti Rossman and Burbrink, 2005
	Species	Thamnophis couchii (Kennicott in Baird, 1859) – Couch's Garter Snake, Sierra Garter Snake, Western Aquatic Garter Snake, Sierra Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860) – Black-necked Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada cuello negro, Blackneck Garter Snake, Black-necked Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Western Terrestrial Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada elegante, Terrestrial Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834) – Mexican Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada del sur-mexicano, Mexican Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis errans H. M. Smith, 1942 – Culebra-listonada errante, Mexican Wandering Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis exsul Rossman, 1969 – Culebra-listonada de montaña, Montane Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis fulvus (Bocourt, 1893) – Culebra-listonada amarillenta, Highland Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis gigas Fitch, 1940 – Giant Garter Snake, Giant Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis godmani (Günther, 1894) – Culebra-listonada de Godman, Godman's Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860) – Two-striped Garter Snake, Two-striped Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis lineri Rossman and Burbrink, 2005
	Species	Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Checkered Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada manchada, Checkered Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864) – Culebra-de agua vientre negro, Blackbelly Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis mendax Walker, 1955 – Culebra-listonada tamaulipeca, Tamaulipan Montane Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis nigronuchalis Thompson, 1957 – Southern Durango Spotted Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Northwestern Garter Snake, Puget Sound Garter Snake, Northwestern Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis postremus H. M. Smith, 1942
	Species	Thamnophis proximus (Say in James, 1823) – Western Ribbon Snake, Culebra-listonada occidental, Western Ribbonsnake
	Species	Thamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885) – Culebra-listonada de tierras altas-mexicana, Yellow-throated Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Plains Garter Snake, Plains Gartersnake, Eastern Plains Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000 – Rossman's Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis rufipunctatus (Cope, 1875) – Culebra-de agua cabeza angosta, Narrow-headed Garter Snake, Narrowhead Garter Snake, Narrowhead Watersnake, Narrow-headed Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766) – Eastern Ribbonsnake
	Species	Thamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861 – Culebra-listonada de montaña-cola larga, Longtail Alpine Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863) – Culebra-listonada de montaña-cola corta, Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Garter Snake, couleuvre rayée, Culebra-listonada común, Common Gartersnake
	Species	Thamnophis sumichrasti (Cope, 1867) – Culebra-listonada de Sumichrast, Sumichrast's Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis unilabialis Tanner, 1985 – Madrean Narrowheaded Garter Snake
	Species	Thamnophis validus (Kennicott, 1860) – West Coast Garter Snake

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Peter Uetz
	Notes:	Associate Professor, CSBC
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Source:	Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)
	Acquired:	2017
	Notes:	Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Source:	Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 43
	Page(s):	102
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	978-1-946681-003
	Notes:	Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
	Reference for:	North American Gartersnakes[English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thamnophis

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