Checkered Garter Snake
Thamnophis marcianus
- Class
- Reptile
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Thamnophis
- Also known as
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Checkered Garter Snake research
24 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →
- Phenotypic Plasticity in Reproductive Traits: Evidence from a Viviparous Snake
Ecology · 1989 · cited 184 times
- Reduction in locomotor ability as a cost of reproduction in gravid snakes.
Oecologia · 1987 · cited 63 times
- Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive traits: geographical variation in plasticity in a viviparous snake
Functional Ecology · 2001 · cited 57 times
- Effect of Energy Input on Variation in Clutch Size and Offspring Size in a Viviparous Reptile
Functional Ecology · 1992 · cited 36 times
- Shifts in the Relative Abundance of Snakes in a Desert Grassland
Journal of Herpetology · 1992 · cited 36 times
- Reproduction in the Checkered Garter Snake, Thamnophis marcianus, from Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico: Seasonality and Evidence for Multiple Clutches
The Southwestern Naturalist · 1987 · cited 27 times
- Courtship of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis marcianus, with a Description of a Female Behavior for Coitus Interruption
Journal of Herpetology · 1990 · cited 27 times
- Surviving winter: Physiological regulation of energy balance in a temperate ectotherm entering and exiting brumation.
General and comparative endocrinology · 2021 · cited 20 times
Checkered Garter Snake natural history notes
Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.
Diet
Simon P. Tye and Keith Geluso · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(3): 602–603 · Read the note
2010 · Herpetological Review 41(2): 238 · Read the note
Jerry D. Johnson, G. Walker Johnson, and Hector Riveroll · 2007 · Herpetological Review 38(1): 94–95 · Read the note
Predation
Morgan Seiler, Sean P. Graham, and Crystal Kelehear · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 459 · Read the note
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