Southern ribbon snake

Southern ribbon snake
Thamnophis saurita sackenii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species:
Subspecies:
T. s. sackenii
Trinomial name
Thamnophis saurita sackenii
(Kennicott, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Eutaenia sackenii
    Kennicott, 1859
  • Thamnophis sackenii
    Lönnberg, 1894
  • Thamnophis sauritus sackenii
    Conant & Bridges, 1939
  • Thamnophis saurita sackenii
    Kraus & Cameron, 2016

The southern ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita sackenii), also known commonly as the peninsula ribbon snake and the Florida ribbon snake, is a subspecies of garter snake in the family Colubridae. It is one of four subspecies of the ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita).