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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Reptilia
      Order: Squamata
        Family: Colubridae
          Genus: Senticolis
            Species: triaspis

Green Rat Snake - Senticolis triaspis

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Green Rat Snake (Senticolis triaspis) is a large (1.6 m total length), wide-ranging snake that is distributed from Costa Rica to just north of the U.S.-Mexico border in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. They inhabit montane woodlands and chaparral. They eat mostly rodents, but will also eat other small mammals, lizards, and birds.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1

State Status: T

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BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 3

Number of Mapped Locations: 5

Number of Observations: 5

Observation date range: 06-01-1991 to 05-28-2021

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