checkered garter snake (Phoenix Zoo - Arizona Trail)

checkered garter snake

Thamnophis marcianus

Summary ⁵

The checkered garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus, is a species of garter snake endemic to the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.

Range description ⁶

Range extends from southeastern California, southern Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Kansas south through the southwestern United States to northern and central Mexico (Zacatecas and northern Veracruz), and disjunctly through southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, at elevations from near sea level to 2,200 meters (Rossman et al. 1996, Stebbins 2003).

Iucn red list assessment ⁷

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2013

Assessor/s

Chaves, G., Lamar, W., Porras, L.W., SolÃ³rzano, A., Sunyer, J. & Hammerson, G.A.

Reviewer/s

Bowles, P.

Contributor/s

Justification

Listed as Least Concern because the species is widely distributed and relatively common in the northern part of the range. In southern Mexico and Central America, however, the species is less common, and the distribution is fragmented/disjunct.

Fuentes y créditos

(c) Jerry Oldenettel, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04/4941324911
(c) Diana-Terry Hibbitts, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Diana-Terry Hibbitts
(c) Mikael Behrens, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Mikael Behrens
(c) Robby Deans, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Robby Deans
(c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamnophis_marcianus
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28352418
(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28352417