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Thamnophis (garter snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Taxonomy
Thamnophis was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Colubridae by Hay (1930), Behler and King (1979); and to Natricinae by Holman (1985), Parmley and Holman (1995), Parmley and Hunter (2010).

Species
T. sirtalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. sauritus

Synonyms
  • Chilopoma was named by Cope (1875) [preoccupied by something else anyway according to Osborn]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Thamnophis by Osborn (1930).

    It was assigned to Colubridae by Cope (1875).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Thamnophis Fitzinger
1875Chilopoma Cope
1930Thamnophis Hay p. 270
1979Thamnophis Behler and King
1985Thamnophis Holman
1995Thamnophis Parmley and Holman p. 85
2010Thamnophis Parmley and Hunter p. 534

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
genusThamnophisFitzinger 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Thamnophis Fitzinger 1843 [garter snake]
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†Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Invalid names: Chilopoma Cope 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: piscivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:05:03
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:05:03
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 16.30000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Thamnophis sp. (174578)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis indet. (18206) Thamnophis sp. (18031 18141 18275 27481)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Thamnophis sp. (18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis sp. (188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis sp. (18327)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Thamnophis sp. (18554)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) Thamnophis sp. (18198)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis sp. (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Arizona) Thamnophis sp. (19610)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis sp. (18126 18247 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oklahoma) Thamnophis sp. (18076)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Tennessee) Thamnophis sp. (26574)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) Thamnophis sp. (18320)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Thamnophis sp. (234659)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Thamnophis sp. (19618)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Washington) Thamnophis sp. (20062)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis proximus, Thamnophis radix (19954 27572) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis radix (19960) Thamnophis sp. (19963)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Thamnophis indet. (140258) Thamnophis sp. (19910)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Thamnophis sauritus (19938) Thamnophis sp. (19922 19930 19931 19936 19940)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Thamnophis sp. (125958)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Thamnophis sp. (123875 124319 125951)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Thamnophis sirtalis (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Thamnophis sp. (20400 20402)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) Thamnophis sp. (20309) Thamnophis sp., Thamnophis radix (20157)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Thamnophis proximus (20530) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis sauritus, Thamnophis indet. (20318) Thamnophis sp. (20337)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Thamnophis proximus (20423) Thamnophis radix (20422) Thamnophis sirtalis (20390) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis proximus, Thamnophis radix (20293) Thamnophis sp. (20167 20295 20301 20516)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Thamnophis sp. (20354)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Thamnophis sp. (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Thamnophis sirtalis (20290)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Thamnophis elegans (27675) Thamnophis sirtalis (20358 27698) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis sp., Thamnophis elegans (20361 20369) Thamnophis sp. (20359 20360 20367 27674)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Puebla) Thamnophis indet. (230717)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Thamnophis sirtalis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis sp. (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Thamnophis sp. (76049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Thamnophis sp. (91527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Thamnophis sirtalis, Thamnophis sp. (20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Dakota) Thamnophis sp. (91528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Thamnophis sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Thamnophis sirtalis (154922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Thamnophis sp. (79630 236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Thamnophis sirtalis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Thamnophis sp. (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Thamnophis indet. (140702 140704) Thamnophis proximus, Thamnophis indet. (93139)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Thamnophis sirtalis (82258) Thamnophis sp. (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Thamnophis sirtalis (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Thamnophis sirtalis (63429)