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Rossman's garter snake
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Species Thamnophis rossmani at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Luja VH, López-Solís JA, Hernández López OA (2016). "Thamnophis rossmani Conant, 2000. Reproduction". Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (4): 1024-1026.

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 Herpetology 3 (2): 375–448. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).

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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] 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).

[RDB-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 Herpetology 3 (4): 1024-1026.

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Rossman's garter snake

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

References

Further reading