Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Central America North America Taxonomy of the genus Thamnophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Thamnophis (North American Garter Snakes and Ribbon Snakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Thamnophis in general Anonymous. 1982. Snakes get under town's skin. Chicago Herpetological Society Newsletter 1982(June): 1p. Anonymous. 1990. ['Isolated' garter snake gives birth]. Dieren 7(4): 98. Aleksiuk, M. 1977. Sources of mortality in concentrated garter snake populations. Canadian Field Naturalist 91(1): 70-72. Alfaro, M.E. 2002. 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