#1639 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Ribbon Snake

🇳🇱 Westelijke lintslang ·Thamnophis proximus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Eric Osmundson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © M.L. Watson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Cin-Ty Lee · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Joelle Belmonte · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. North Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA:© Joelle Belmonte · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Port Arthur, TX, USA:© John Garrett · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Unnamed Road, Austwell, TX 77950, USA:© Isaac Lord · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Montgomery County, TX, USA:© Sue Stutzman · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Crittenden County, AR, USA:© Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Chaves County, US-NM, US:© Drew R. Davis, Ph.D. · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Thamnophis proximus , commonly known as the western ribbon snake , is a species of garter snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the western United States, Mexico, and Central America. The species has six recognized subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,407iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,407 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).