Texas lined snake

Subspecies of snake

Texas lined snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Colubridae
Genus:  | Tropidoclonion
Species:  |

T. lineatum

Subspecies:  |

T. l. texanum

Trinomial name
Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum

Ramsey, 1953

The Texas lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The subspecies is endemic to the United States.

## Geographic range[edit]

The Texas lined snake is found in the southcentral United States, primarily in the state of Texas.[1]

## Habitat[edit]

T. l. texanum is a relatively common fossorial subspecies, and spends most of its time buried in leaf litter.

## Diet[edit]

The Texas lined snake preys upon earthworms.[1]

## Description[edit]

T. l. texanum is typically olive green to dark brown in color, with a distinctive yellow or cream-colored stripe down the center of the back. It has a small head and small eyes. It differs from other subspecies of T. lineatum by having fewer subcaudals: 33 or fewer in females, 40 or fewer in males.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Conant R (1975). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xviii + 429 pp. + Plates 1-48. ISBN 0-395-19979-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Tropidoclonion lineatum and T. l. texanum, pp. 166-167 + Plate 24 + Map 123).
2. ^ Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum, p. 152).

## Further reading[edit]

* Ramsey LW (1953). "The Lined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell)". Herpetologica 9 (1): 7-24. (Tropidoclonion lineatum texanum, new subspecies).

## External links[edit]

* Species Tropidoclonion lineatum at The Reptile Database

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7846218
* GBIF: 6162095
* iNaturalist: 28266
* ITIS: 1085156

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