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Blackbelly Garter Snake

Thamnophis melanogaster

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 13, February 10, March 13, April 53, May 41, June 33, July 33, August 27, September 25, October 42, November 11, December 12.
Mexico313
Mexico48
Guanajuato47
Jalisco34
Michoacan de Ocampo26
Aguascalientes5
Hidalgo5
Morelos4
Queretaro de Arteaga3
Durango2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusGarter Snakes · Thamnophis

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