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Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus, the redstripe ribbon snake, is a subspecies of the western ribbon snake, a garter snake endemic to the southern United States. Geographic range [ edit ]
Thamnophis saurita, also known as the eastern ribbon snake [a], common ribbon snake, or simply ribbon snake, is a common species of garter snake native to Eastern North America. [2] It is a non-venomous [ 5 ] [ 6 ] species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae .
The eastern ribbon snake gets its name from its very thin body. At maturity, it grows to between 18 and 86 centimetres (7.1 and 33.9 in) in length. [3] It is a slender, black snake with a yellow mid-back stripe and one on each side. A brown stripe of one or two rows of scales extends onto the sides of the belly.
The ribbon snake distinguishes itself with its three bold, yellow or yellowish-green stripes of about equal width on a reddish-brown background. It can grow from 18 to 36 inches long. They are ...
The plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) is a species of garter snake native to most of the central United States as far north as Canada and as far south as Texas.It has a distinctive orange or yellow stripe from its head to tail, and the rest of its body is mainly a gray-green color.
The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. [2] Many snakes previously identified as their own genera or species have been reclassified as species or subspecies in Thamnophis. The Reptile Database currently recognised 37 species in the genus, some with several subspecies. [3]
Thamnophis proximus, commonly known as the western ribbon snake or western ribbonsnake, is a species of garter snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is found in the central and southern United States, Mexico, and Central America south to central Costa Rica. [1] [3] The species has six recognized subspecies. [3]
Gulf crayfish snake: Regina septemvittata: Queen snake: Storeria dekayi wrightorum: Midland brown snake: Storeria occipitomaculata ssp: Redbelly snake: Thamnophis proximus proximus: Western ribbon snake: Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. Common garter snake: Virginia striatula: Rough earth snake: Virginia valeriae elegans: Western earth snake: Farancia ...