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Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbon Snake)

Synonyms: Coluber proximus (homotypic); Eutaenia rutiloris; Eutainia faireyi; Thamnophis sauritus proximus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The western ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus) is a species of garter snake, with several subspecies.
View Wikipedia Record: Thamnophis proximus

Infraspecies

Thamnophis proximus alpinus (Ribbonsnake)
Thamnophis proximus diabolicus (Arid Land ribbonsnake)
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast ribbonsnake)
Thamnophis proximus proximus (Western ribbonsnake)
Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus (Redstripe ribbonsnake)
Thamnophis proximus rutiloris (Ribbonsnake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.239 lbs (562 g)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [1]  2 years
Gestation [1]  49 days
Litter Size [2]  11
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  11 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Maple - Ash - Elm Swamp Canada (Ontario); United States (Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan)
Silver Maple - Sugarberry - Pecan Floodplain Forest United States (Tennessee, Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana)

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rhabdias fuscovenosa[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2A neglected life-history trait: clutch-size variance in snakes, R. Shine and R. A. Seigel, J. Zool. Lond. (1996) 239, 209-223
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0