New Mexico Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis dorsalis)
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:
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TX
Diet: Eats amphibians, small mammals, lizards, earthworms and fish
Reproduction: Live bearing, Mate in the spring, and can have 3-85 young.
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its extremely wide distribution, presumed large population, and because populations are unlikely to be declining.
»» 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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