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The checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) is a species of garter snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States , Mexico , and Central America .
The first garter snake to be scientifically described was the eastern garter snake (now Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), by zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. [ 2 ]
Chihuahuan black-headed snake (Tantilla wilcoxi) Yaqui black-headed snake (Tantilla yaquia) Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques) Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) Narrow-headed garter snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)
S. d. texana-Texas brown snake; S. occipitomaculata—red bellied snake; Tantilla gracilis—flat-headed snake [2] T. nigriceps—black-headed snake; Thamnophis cyrtopsis—black-necked garter snake; T. elegans—wandering garter snake; T. marcianus—checkered garter snake; T. proximus—western ribbon snake; T. radix—plains garter snake
Longnose snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) Ground snake (Sonora semiannulata) Brown snake (Storeria dekayi) Redbelly snake species in need of conservation (Storeria occipitomaculata) Flathead snake (Tantilla gracilis) Plains blackhead snake (Tantilla nigriceps) Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) Western ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus)
San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in an undated photo. / Credit: National Park Service / CBS San Francisco.
The scientific name Thamnophis rufipunctatus is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that means "bush snake punctuated with red". The generic name Thamnophis is derived from the Greek "thamnos" (bush) and "ophis" (snake) and the specific name rufipunctatus is derived from the New Latin "rufi-" (red) and "punctatus" (punctuated), referring to the snake's reddish-brown spots.
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.