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Mexican Gartersnake
Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834)

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Emory's Garter Snake (Eutaenia macrostemma megalops: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Spotted-necked Garter Snake (Eutaenia eques: Brown, Arthur, E. 1902. Report of the Board of Directors. Pages 5-22 in Thirtieth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Allen, Lane, and Scott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. pp.); Brown Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques: Strecker, John K. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Mexican Garter Snake (Thamnophis megalops: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Puget Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides ordinoides: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Brown Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Arizona Garter Snake (Thamnophis macrostemma megalops: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Mexican Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Arizona Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques megalops: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
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GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1834 Reuss, Adolph. Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. [Zoological Miscellaneous. Reptiles, ophidians.] Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte.. [Senckenbergianum Museum. Treatises from the field of descriptive natural history.] 1(2):129-162

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