to Familiar American Species: A Golden Nature Guide. New York: Simon and Schuster. 160 pp. (Thamnophis sauritus, pp. 105, 156). External links Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) eating frog Reptiles described in 1766 Reptiles of Canada Reptiles of the United States Snakes of North America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Thamnophis