| Sumichrast's garter snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Thamnophis |
| Species: | T. sumichrasti |
| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophis sumichrasti (Cope, 1866) | |
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Sumichrast's garter snake (Thamnophis sumichrasti) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
The specific name sumichrasti is in honor of the Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François Sumichrast (1828–1882). [3]
Thamnophis sumichrasti is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, and Veracruz. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of T. sumichrasti are freshwater wetlands and forest. [1]
T. sumichrasti is viviparous. [2]
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Adrien Louis Jean François Sumichrast was a Swiss-Mexican naturalist and zoologist. Working mostly in Mexico, he collected specimens for museums and published descriptions of birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. He is commemorated in the names of several taxa including Sumichrast's wren and Sumichrast's garter snake.
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