Thamnophis lineri, also known commonly as Liner's garter snake[1] and víbora de aqua in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name lineri is in honor of the American herpetologist Ernest A. Liner (1925–2010).[2]

Geographic range

T. lineri is found only in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of T. lineri are pine-oak forest and pine-oak-madroño forest at elevations of 2,700 m (8,900 ft) and higher.[4]

Reproduction

T. lineri is viviparous. [3]

References

  1. ^ Liner's Gartersnake (Thamnophis lineri ), H.E.R.P.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnophis lineri, p. 159).
  3. ^ a b Species Thamnophis lineri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Rossman & Burbrink (2005), p. 28.

Further reading

  • Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetolgy 2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Rossman, Douglas A.; Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). "Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (79): 1–43. (Thamnophis lineri, new species, pp. 25–29, Figures 10–11).



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