Thamnophis melanogaster

Snakes can learn to discriminate profitable from less-manageable prey. Naive garter snakes, Thamnophis melanogaster, attacked both the carrion-eating leech Erpobdellapunctata and the blood-sucking leech Haementeria officinalis even though naive snakes respond less to the odor of H. officinalis. The latter thwarted... 

In order to study this inconsistency, we compared the responses of males of two garter snake species to females of differing size and hormonal condition through natural and induced breeding periods. These species were Thamnophis sirtalis from Manitoba, Canada, and Thamnophis melanogaster from Michoacan, Mexico. They were chosen because they exhibit a marked contrast in natural histories sirtalis inhabits a... 

Garter Snake, Thamnophis melanogaster," MS Diss., Univ. Oklahoma. 

Mexican garter snake, Thamnophis melanogaster (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae), Herpetol. Rev., 8 118. 

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