Rossman's garter snake

Rossman's garter snake
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Thamnophis
Species:	T. rossmani
Binomial name
Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000

Rossman's garter snake (Thamnophis rossmani) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name rossmani is in honor of the American herpetologist Douglas A. Rossman. ^[2]

Geographic range

T. rossmani is found in the Mexican state of Nayarit. ^[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. rossmani is freshwater wetlands. ^[1]

Reproduction

T. rossmani is viviparous. ^[3] A female was observed giving birth to four live young. Each neonate had a snout-to-vent length of about 5 cm (2.0 in). ^[4]

References

1. Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Thamnophis rossmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63989A12727015. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63989A12727015.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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 rossmani, p. 227).
3. Species Thamnophis rossmani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
4. Luja VH, López-Solís JA, Hernández López OA (2016). "Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000. Reproduction". Mesoamerican Herpetology3 (4): 1024-1026.

Further reading

• Conant R (2000). "A new species of garter snake from Western Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (76): 1–7. (Thamnophis rossmani, new species).
• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN   978-3899731002.
• Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN   978-1482208474. (Thamnophis rossmani, p. 725).
• Woolrich-Piña GA, Ponce-Campos P, Loc-Barragán J, Ramirez-Silva JP, Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, García-Padilla E, Wilson LD (2016). "The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology3 (2): 375–448. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).