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Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis proximus

Photo by Scarletthdz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

some kind of water snake, it is small

Species ID Suggestions

western ribbon snake

Thamnophis proximus

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Scott Frazier
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Comments (1)
Jack Settle
Ribbon snake of some sort (in the genus Thamnophis that includes garter snakes and ribbon snakes). Not familiar with the Mexican species though, but I'm sure someone else will be able to ID further.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 1, 2013

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