Thamnophis bogerti ROSSMAN & BURBRINK, 2005
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Thamnophis bogerti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Conant's Gartersnake S: Jarretera de Conant |
| Synonym | Thamnophis bogerti ROSSMAN & BURBRINK 2005: 21 Thamnophis conanti ROSSMAN & BURBRINK 2005: 29 Thamnophis lineri ROSSMAN & BURBRINK 2005: 25 Thamnophis lineri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 723 Thamnophis bogerti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 720 Thamnophis conanti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 720 Thamnophis bogerti — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 Thamnophis lineri — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Oaxaca) Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, El Tejocote, 2377 m elevation. conanti (invalid): Mexico (Puebla-Veracruz state line); Type locality: Mexico, Puebla-Veracruz state line at Mexico Highway 125 [number in error, it is Highway 150 that extends north from Tehuacan, Puebla, to the state line at Puerto del Aire] lineri (invalid): Mexico (Oaxaca); Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca, Llano de las Flores, 2786 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 93237, an adult male, from Mexico, Oaxaca, El Tejocote, 2377 m elevation; collected 11 October 1964 by C. M. Bogert. Holotype: LSUM 75985 (originally USL 23933), an adult female, collected 15 August 1975 by Tom Hardaway. [conanti] Holotype: UTA R-12482, an adult male; collected 8 June 1983 by J. A. Campbell. [lineri] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Thamnophis bogerti can be distinguished from all other Mexican species of the genus by the following combination of characteristics: (1) maximum DSR 17; (2) maxillary teeth 17-20; (3) top of head unpatterned; (4) two rows of relatively small black spots between light vertebral and lateral stripes; (5) nuchal blotch coloration variable, although only 15% have predominantly brown blotches; (6) prominence of black bar along posterior suture of SL 5 equal to, or less than, bar along SL 6 and 7 suture; (7) V averaging 145 in males, 140 in females; (8) SC averaging 70 in males, 62 in females; (9) tail of moderate length (mean T/TL 25% in males, 23% in females; (10) prefrontal suture usually slightly longer than internasal suture (mean PFL/INL 106%); (11) muzzle tip usually broad (mean INR/NR 115%); (12) anterior nasal usually shorter than posterior nasal (mean AN/PN 81%); (13) parietals usually of moderate length (mean FL/PL 77%); and (14) frontal usually relatively broad posteriorly (mean FWP/FWA 79%). (Rossman & Burbrink 2005) Additional details (1999 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Grünwald et al. 2024 suggested that T. lineri and T. conanti are junior synonyms of T. bogerti, given their minor genetic differences. All 3 species were described in the same paper and Grünwald et al. used Article 24.2 of the ICZN 1999 Code to designate T. bogerti as senior name by the page priority. Habitat (bogerti): oak woodland, pine-oak forest, and pine-oak-madroño forest in the Mesa del Sur of Oaxaca, exclusive of the Sierra de Juárez. Recorded elevations that are likely to be valid range from 2195-2743 m. Diet: see Heptinstall et al. 2024 NCBI taxonID: 1788411 [conanti] NCBI taxonID: 1788409 [lineri] RDB speciesID: 19246 [lineri] RDB speciesID: 19236 [conanti] Etymology (conanti): Named after Roger Conant (1909-2003), American herpetologist. Etymology (lineri): Named after Ernest A. Liner (1925-2010). Habitat (lineri): pine-oak forest and pine-oak-madroño forest in the Sierra de Juárez portion of the Mesa del Sur in Oaxaca. |
| Etymology | Named after Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History. See biographical sketches in Gans 1993 and Myers & Zweifel 1993. |
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