Liner’s Garter Snake
Thamnophis lineri Rossman and Burbrink, 2005
| Spanish Name | Víbora de Agua |
|---|---|
| Subspecies | None |
| Max. Recorded Length | Unknown |
Range
Mexico: Oaxaca.
Description
Liner’s Garter Snake is limited to high-elevation forest habitat in the Sierra de Juárez in central Oaxaca. It was previously considered a population of Godman’s Garter Snake, Thamnophis godmani, until Rossman and Burbrink’s 2005 paper reassigned four populations of T. godmani into four separate species — T. bogerti, T. conanti, T. godmani and T. lineri — on the grounds that each population was morphologically distinct and geographically isolated from the others. Very little is known about the four species in this complex.
Captive Care
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Sources
Rossman, D. A., and F. T. Burbrink. 2005. Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 79.
Rossman, D. A., N. B. Ford and R. A. Seigel. 1996. The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
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