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Basic information
Thamnophis scaliger
Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusGarter snake
- English name
- Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake
- Alternative names
- Jarretera Alpina Cola-corta, Mexikanische Hochland-Strumpfbandnatter
- Synonyms
- Tropidonotus scaliger
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Alpine, Forest, Grassland, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 570 mm
- SVL
- max 420 mm
- Body mass
- max 39.8 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 20 years
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Body temperature
- 9–35 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutches per year
- ~1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 563LJ · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19260 · dryad-v5