Garter Snake
Family: Colubridae
The Garter Snake is probably one of the most popular snakes for the beginner.
Garter Snakes
An overview of their natural history and care in captivity.
Garter Snake
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harmless snake of the genus Thamnophis, abundant from Canada to Central America. There are many common species; members of most species are about 2 ft (60 cm) long.
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.
Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)
Description: Adults to 42" in length. Color greenish gray, light olive, to brownish; prominent yellow to orange stripe on back, pale stripe on sides. Moderately slender body; keeled scales.
Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp.)
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Eastern Garter Snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
DESCRIPTION: This is the only gartersnake throughout most of its range with lateral stripes confined to rows 2 and 3.
Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Garter Snakes are fairly common throughout North Carolina and are often encountered in backyards. Harmless to humans, they expel foul-smelling musk from their cloacal glands when caught.
COMMON GARTER SNAKE FACTS
Description
The Common Garter Snake usually has a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background. There are a number of color variations including striped, checkered and almost all black.
Size
100cm - 150cm ...
Eastern Garter Snake
Scientific Name: Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Size: 20-28 inches (50.8-71.1 cm) in length
PA Status: Abundant ...
Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Eastern Garter Snake Species Profile
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Garter snakes are common across North America, from Canada to Central America. They are the single most widely distributed species of reptile in North America, and is a common sight in American gardens, giving rise to its "garden snake" nickname.
Garter snakes have teeth (but no fangs or poison), and do tend to bite you when first picked up. They also produce a smelly fluid intended to make you release them. The garter snake is an important link in the food chain.
Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas)
No photo of the Giant Garter Snake available.
Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis radix
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Status No status assigned in Minnesota. Description The plains garter snake is a medium sized Minnesota snake measuring 14 to 43 inches in length.
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.
Plains Garter Snake Behaviour
No observations regarding Plains Garter Snake behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
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Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)
No photo of the Blackneck Garter Snake available.
Aquatic Garter Snake Wildlife Viewing
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The Eastern Plains Garter Snake is diurnal but remains hidden beneath rocks, logs, boards and other debris much of the time. Its active season generally is from April to November.
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"Common Garter Snake". [Online]. Natural History Notebooks. Canadian Museum of Nature.
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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.
Sierra Garter Snake
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Garter Snake
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All garter snakes are carnivores, but some prefer amphibians, while others eat rodents, birds and reptiles.
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Cygnus buccinator (scientific) ...
Garter snakes, sometimes called garden snakes, are probably the most widely known of all Ohio snakes. The name derives from the longitudinal stripes on the body which resemble the design on once-stylish sock garters.
Plains Garter Snakes were considered the most common snake by Kennicott. It is still common in the area, and occurs within ?__ miles of The Grove.
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Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)
Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
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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 ...
Other animals reported to have ingested voles include trout (Salmo spp.), Pacific giant salamander (Dicampton ensatus), garter snake (Thamnophis spp.), yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor), gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucas), ...
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Garter snakes and grass snakes can be kept comfortably in a 10-gallon or 20-gallon aquarium. King snakes, rat snakes, milk snakes, gopher snakes and other colubrids (belonging to the zoological family Colubridae) will be happy in 30-55 gallon tanks.
Other new pages were added for Red-sided Garter Snake and Eastern Collared Lizard.
Ribbon snakes resemble the closely-related eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), however ribbon snakes are generally more slender, have unpatterned lip scales, ...
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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The Zoo is also home to many reptiles, including black rat snakes, garter snakes, eastern painted turtles, DeKay’s snakes, red-eared sliders, and ringneck snakes.
The western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) has six recognized sub-species. In Canada, only one is present: the wandering garter snake (Thamnophis elegans vagrans).
Garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) also probably prey on tidewater gobies.
Garter snakes are one of the most commonly seen snake. The garter snake is perfectly harmless and very beneficial. Garter snakes are easily recognized because they have distinguishing horizontal stripes that run the length of their body.
Predators: Tadpoles are eaten by water bugs, garter snakes, bullfrogs, and a number of fish species. Toadlets and adults are attacked by killdeer, herons, garter snakes, and bullfrogs.
This snake looks similar to its cousin the eastern garter snake; however, unlike garter snakes, ribbon snakes do not have dark markings between their lip (labial) scales.
Some of the more unusual items observed on their menu include garter snakes, ducklings and even a brown thrasher! Bullfrogs are themselves eaten by herons, snakes and humans.
The other day I heard the mother bird screaming outside my window only to look out and see a garter snake resting in the bush opposite of the nesting bush across my front porch.
Look For: A slim, long-tailed garter snake with 3 bold stripes of yellow, tan, orange or pale blue (color depends on age and region).
Length: 18-40".
Habitat: Streamsides, wet meadows, marshes, ponds.
Of the harmless snakes in North America include, Garter snake, king snake, ribbon snake, green or grass snake, pilot black snake, black snake and De Kay snake , and also the milk, and bull, water, hog-nosed, worm, rat, coachwhip , ...
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.
Klemens (1993) dissected spotted salamanders from the stomachs of a garter snake (Thamnophis siralis) and Babbitt (1932) reported consumption by a hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos).
These large insects have been recorded preying on such native animals as young garter snakes, adult Gray Tree frogs and even Ruby Throated hummingbirds! ...
Predators
Potential predators of painted turtles’ eggs are gray squirrels, skunks, foxes, raccoons, and garter snakes.
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Diet: The Pacific Treefrog eats a wide variety of arthopods. Predators of pacific treefrogs around ponds include predaceous diving beetles, giant water bugs, bluegill sunfish, and garter snakes.
They sit still and wait for prey to happen by, then pounce with their powerful legs. They eat beetles, ants, flies, worms, smaller frogs, including their own species, and even birds, and garter snakes.
They secure their prey as they pass closely over it, and in so doing sometimes seem to alight, particularly when securing a snake. The common name of the Snake represented in the plate is the Garter Snake.
sirtalis, occupies the rest of the state, and is highly variable in color and pattern. Some individuals have the orange lateral skin coloration characteristic of the Red-sided Garter Snake, T. s. parietalis.
 See also: Snake, Reptile, Ribbon Snake, Lizard, Racer
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