Common Garter Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Butler's Garter Snake (T. butleri)
Blackneck Garter Snake (T. cyrtopsis)
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake (T. elegans)
Coast Garter Snake (T. elegans terrestris)
Two-Striped Garter Snake (T.
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
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Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp.)
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Common garter snakes look a lot like other garter snakes. They are a dark snake with yellow stripes on the side and a light stripe running down the back. The female common garter snake is usually much larger than the male.
The common garter snake occurs in Canada from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia in a wide variety of colour patterns.
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Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis (18-26", up to 48")
Generally, you can recognize this most common of all New England snakes by its pattern of yellow stripes on a black or brown background.
Common Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis ssp.
Description: 18 - 51" (45 - 130 cm). Highly variable color. Distinguishing characteristics: 1) Side stripe NOT ON on 2nd and 3rd scale rows. 2) Back stripe present. 3) Red blotches often present ...
Also known as - Common Garter Snake.
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They are extremely adaptable to environmental changes like the common garter snake. Unlike the common garter snake, however, the majority prefer drier habitats, though a few individuals may be found at the waters' edge.
In fact, the common garter snake, T. sirtalis, is the only species of snake to be found in Alaska, and is one of the northernmost species of snake in the world, possibly second only to the Crossed Viper, Vipera berus.
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
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Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) ...
Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxii), Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis): Bachynski & Kadlec (2003)
^ E.g. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata): Bachynski & Kadlec (2003)
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Near Moscow, Idaho, a common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) was observed in the process of swallowing an eastern long-toed salamander.
Carpenter C.C. 1952. Comparative Ecology of the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis s. sirtalis), the Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis s. sauritus), and Butler 's Garter Snake (Thamnophis butleri) in mixed populations. Ecological Monographs. 22:235-258.
Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Yarey robber frog (Eleutherodactylus toa)
Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Rennell Island sea krait (Laticauda crockeri)
Lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur)
Gopher frog (Lithobates capito) ...
At the Minnesota Zoo, you can see the common garter snake and other Minnesota snakes in the Maritz Family Lodge at the head of the Minnesota Trail.
sirtalis - from the Latin phrase "like a garter", referring to the old fashioned garters which resemble the longitudinal stripes of the common garter snake ...
Garter snakes are extremely common across North America, from Canada to Central America, and an everyday find in gardens. They are the single most widely distributed species of reptile in North America, and in fact, the common garter snake, T.
A subspecies of the common garter snake (T. sirtalis), the San Francisco's closest genetic and geographic relatives are the California red-sided garter snakes (T. s. infernalis) which are found in the coastal mountains north and south of the San ...
The common garter snake of the NE United States, Thamnophis sirtalis, varies in color and pattern but is usually blackish or brownish with three yellow stripes. The ribbon snake, T. sauritus, is a very slender garter snake that prefers wet places.
 See also: Snake, Common Garter, Garter Snake, Reptile, Ribbon Snake
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