Western Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis proximus)

Created: February 17th, 2011 - 11:27 PM
Last Modified: February 19th, 2011 - 10:51 AM Entered by: Joseph C. Johnson
Record 64158

Country: United States		State: Texas	County: Harris County	Time: 2010-05-01 16:07:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: Wooded trail
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Notes

The blood you see on its mouth is indeed mine, not the snakes ;)

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Comments

Posted by Joseph C. Johnson on Feb 19, 2011 at 10:44 AM

Others listed snakes resembling this one as T. p. orarius, Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake, but could easily be a intergrade between it and the Orange Stripe, so I'll just leave it as Western Ribbon.

Posted by John Williams on Feb 18, 2011 at 08:40 AM

Needs to be changed to a Western ribbonsnake I think