Thamnophis hammondii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Thamnophis hammondii

Name

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)

Lectotype: USNM 894, ♂, collected by J.F. Hammond, date unkown. [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 722)]
Type locality: “San Diego” and “Fort Tejon”, restricted by lectotype designation to “San Diego, San Diego Co., California, USA”, by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 722).

Combinations

Eutaenia hammondii Kennicott, 1860: 332 [original combination]
Thamnophis hammondii — Stejneger, 1893: 212 [subsequent combination]
Thamnophis ordinoides hammondii — Grinnell & Camp, 1917: 181 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Thamnophis elegans hammondii — Fox, 1951: 487 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
Thamnophis couchii hammondii — Fox & Dessauer, 1964: 266 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
Thamnophis hammondii — Rossman & Stewart, 1987: 19 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Synonyms

Tropidonotus digueti Mocquard, 1899: 327 [synonymized by McGuire & Grismer (1993: 362)]
- Syntypes (6): MNHN.
- Type locality: “Mulege” (1) and “San Ignacio” (5), Baja California, Mexico.

References

Primary references

Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL Reference page.
Stejneger, L.H. 1893. Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna 7: 159–228. BHL
Mocquard, F. 1899. Contribution a la faune herpétologique de la Basse-Californie. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 4ème séries, 1: 297–343 + plates XI-XIII. BHL
Grinnell, J. & Camp, C.L. 1917. A distributional list of the amphibians and reptiles of California. University of California Publications in Zoology 17(10): 127–208.
Fox, W. 1951. Relationships among the garter snakes of the Thamnophis elegans rassenkreis. University of California Publications in Zoology 50: 485–530.
Fox, W. & Dessauer, H.C. 1964. Collection of garter snakes for blood studies. Yearbook of the American Philosophical Society 1964: 263–266.
Rossman, D.A. & Stewart, G.R. 1987. Taxonomic reevaluation of Thamnophis couchii (Serpentes, Colubridae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 63: 1–25. PDF Reference page.
Mcguire, J.A. & Grismer, L.L. 1993. The taxonomy and biogeography of Thamnophis hammondii and Thamnophis digueti (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) in Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica 49(3): 354–365. JSTOR
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnophis hammondii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.
Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. IUCN: Thamnophis hammondii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T21707A9311793. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T21707A9311793.en

Vernacular names

English: Two-striped Garter Snake