Rossman's garter snake explained

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.^[1]

Geographic range

T. rossmani is found in the Mexican state of Nayarit.^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. rossmani is freshwater wetlands.

Reproduction

T. rossmani is viviparous.^[2] A female was observed giving birth to four live young. Each neonate had a snout-to-vent length of about 5cm (02inches).^[3]

Further reading

• 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. .
• 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. . (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).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Thamnophis rossmani, p. 227).
2. www.reptile-database.org.
3. [Víctor H. Luja|Luja VH]