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Arid Land Ribbon Snake Range Map
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Arid Land Ribbon Snake Video
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Arid Land Ribbon Snake Juvenile
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Arid Land Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus diabolicus)
Habitat: This semiaquatic snake occurs a wide range of often shrubby habitats in the vicinity of streams, lakes, ponds, sloughs, ditches, swamps, and marshes. Often it is in water-edge vegetation. Sometimes it can be found in terrestrial habitats but generally close to water. Hibernation sites may be in upland areas near or some distance from water.
Range: Eastern New Mexico, western Texas, and northeastern Mexico.
Found in these States:
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Diet: Eats frogs, toads, tadpoles, salamanders, fishes, insects, earthworms, occasionally carrion.
Reproduction: Gives birth to litter of 4-27 young, mainly July-September. Sexually mature in 2nd or 3rd year.
Status: Listed as Secure in Texas and Vulnerable in New Mexico.
»» 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 proximus - Western Ribbon Ssnake
»» Subspecies:
»» Thamnophis proximus diabolicus - Arid Land Ribbon Snake
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