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New Mexico Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis)STATUS





Description: Dorsal and side stripes usually well-defined. Dorsal stripe tan, yellow orange or white. Body brown, light brown to olive. Frequently red spots or blotches and a double row of alternating black spots on the sides between the stripes. Belly bluish gray or greenish gray. Scales keeled.


Habitat: Found in many environments-grassland, woodland, scrub, chaparral and forest. Lives in or near ponds, marshes, roadside ditches, streams, woods, farms and city lots.


Range: Rio Grand Valley from NC New Mexico south to vicinity of El Paso, W Texas; disjunct populations in NE New Mexico.


Found in these States: NM| TX


Diet: Eats amphibians, small mammals, lizards, earthworms and fish


Reproduction: Live bearing, Mate in the spring, and can have 3 to 85 young.


Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its extremely wide distribution, presumed large population, and because populations are unlikely to be declining.


Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
         »» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
           »» Suborder: Serpentes
             »» Superfamily: Colubroidea
               »» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
                   »» Genus: Thamnophis
                     »» Species: Thamnophis sirtalis - Common Garter Snakes
                       »» Subspecies: Thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis - New Mexico Garter Snake

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