Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Spanish Name(s)	Culebra de Agua de Panza Negra Mexicana Culebra de Agua de Panza Negruzca Gris (T. m. canescens) Culebra de Agua de Panza Negra de Chihuahua (T. m. chihuahuaensis) Culebra de Agua de Panza Negra Línea (T. m. linearis)
Mexican Range	Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Hildalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, San Luis Potosi, Tlaxcala and Zacatecas
Legal Status	None known. Consult provincial or state pages for legal restrictions on keeping this species in captivity.
Diet	Mostly fish, followed by leeches and tadpoles.
Max. Recorded Length	86.4 cm
Pet Trade Availability	Not available or unknown availability.
Captivity Rating	No data available.

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Gray Black-bellied Garter Snake Thamnophis melanogaster canescens H. M. Smith, 1942: Large range over west-central Mexico.
Chihuahuan Black-bellied Garter Snake Thamnophis melanogaster chihuahuaensis Tanner, 1959: Isolated population in western Chihuahua.
Lined Black-bellied Garter Snake Thamnophis melanogaster linearis H. M. Smith, Nixon and P. W. Smith, 1950: Valley of Toluca.
Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake Thamnophis melanogaster melanogaster (Peters, 1864): Valley of Mexico.