Blackbelly Garter Snake

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Also calledCobra-liga-de-barriga-preta (por) · Culebra de agua de panza negra (spa) · Culebra-de agua vientre negro (spa) · Jarretera Vientre-negro Mexicana (spa) · Mexikanische Schwarzbauch-Strumpfbandnatter (deu) · Víbora de agua (spa) · culebra de agua de panza negra mexicana (spa) · culebra negra en Aguascalientes (spa) · Чернобрюхий садовый уж (rus) · 黑腹帶蛇 (zho)

First described in: Peters, W. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Plathydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes), und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoëta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus).

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.