Colubridae

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae
Gongylosoma baliodeira (Boie, 1827)

Gongylosoma baliodeira (Boie, 1827)

Gongylosoma baliodeira (Boie, 1827)

Gongylosoma baliodeira is a Colubridae snake species found across parts of Southeast Asia.

Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)

Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)

Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)

Clonophis kirtlandii, Kirtland's snake, is a small North American ovoviviparous snake with specific physical and habitat traits.

Atretium schistosum (Daudin, 1803)

Atretium schistosum (Daudin, 1803)

Atretium schistosum (Daudin, 1803)

Atretium schistosum is a small South Asian keeled-scaled oviparous snake found across India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860

Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860

Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860

Aspidura trachyprocta is a common small burrowing snake endemic to central Sri Lanka's midhill to montane areas.

Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Haldea striatula is a small harmless fossorial viviparous snake native to the central and southeastern United States.

Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853

Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853

Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853

Virginia valeriae, the smooth earth snake, is a small fossorial North American snake that bears live young.

Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)

Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)

Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)

Tropidonophis mairii is a small non-venomous snake found across northern Oceania and Southeast Asia that lays 3-18 eggs per clutch.

Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)

Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)

Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)

Tropidoclonion lineatum, the lined snake, is a small North American colubrid snake with distinct back stripes and black belly spots.

Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)

Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)

Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)

Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) has three subspecies, found in the US Southwest, Mexico, and Guatemala near water.

Thamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus, the yellow-throated garter snake, is a poorly studied colubrid snake found in high elevation forests of Mexico.

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Thamnophis melanogaster, the blackbelly garter snake, is a terrestrial ovoviviparous snake endemic to the Central Mexican Plateau.

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thamnophis sirtalis, the common garter snake, is a widespread North American snake with unique reproductive male mimicry.

Thamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861

Thamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861

Thamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861

Thamnophis scalaris, the longtail alpine garter snake, is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Thamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863)

Thamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863)

Thamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863)

The short-tail alpine garter snake (Thamnophis scaliger) is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis radix, the plains garter snake, is a mildly venomous North American garter snake with a distinctive body stripe.

Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Thamnophis ordinoides, the small, variable northwestern garter snake, lives in open forest-edge meadows in western North America.

Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis marcianus, the checkered garter snake, is a North American snake with distinct patterning that is ovoviviparous and possibly parthenogenetic.

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)

This is a fact-based description of the medium-sized highly aquatic two-striped garter snake Thamnophis hammondii.

Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis elegans, the western terrestrial garter snake, is a variable medium-sized mildly venomous North American natricine snake.

Thamnophis errans Smith, 1942

Thamnophis errans Smith, 1942

Thamnophis errans Smith, 1942

Thamnophis errans, the Mexican wandering garter snake, is an endemic colubrid snake found in pine-oak forests of western Mexico.

Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834)

Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834)

Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834)

The Mexican garter snake is a harmless semi-aquatic colubrid species found in the southwestern US and Mexico.

Thamnophis atratus Kennicott, 1860

Thamnophis atratus Kennicott, 1860

Thamnophis atratus Kennicott, 1860

Thamnophis atratus, the aquatic garter snake, is a variably colored North American coastal snake that bears live young.

Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892)

Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892)

Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892)

This is a summary of the description, distribution, behavior, and reproduction of the small snake Thamnophis brachystoma.

Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889)

Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889)

Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889)

Thamnophis butleri, Butler's garter snake, is a small striped garter snake with a unique lateral stripe placement found in the north-central US and southern Ontario.

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