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Nov 10, 2014 · The Common Garter Snake is the baseline garter snake: this is the garter snake to which the other species are compared. If you have experience with this species and would like to share, please contact me.

Nov 10, 2014 · If you’d like to know about the garter snakes in your area, select your province, state or country. If you’re interested in garter snakes, you might also be interested in their closest relatives, such as brown, red-bellied, queen and water snakes.

Nov 10, 2014 · Peninsular Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (Kennicott, 1859) Found in southeastern Georgia and most of peninsular Florida. Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis sauritus sauritus (Linnaeus, 1766) Found south of the Great Lakes basin and north of the Florida peninsula and southeastern Georgia. Northern Ribbon Snake

Aug 24, 2012 · Recently I've received a couple of questions from readers who want to know about keeping garter snakes outdoors. Now I understand that this is actually done in Europe: garter snake keepers there set up these elaborate backyard facilities to house...

Nov 10, 2014 · Mexican populations that were previously assigned to this species have been split off into separate species: the Southern Durango Spotted Garter Snake, Thamnophis nigronuchalis, in southwestern Durango state; and, more recently, the Madrean Narrow-headed Garter Snake, Thamnophis unilabialis, for populations in Chihuahua, Coahuila, northern ...

Nov 10, 2014 · North American Natricine Species Garter snakes’ closest relatives include the water snakes, brown snakes and queen snakes, among others. Together, these snakes make up a group called the natricines (or Natricinae). Natricines, in turn, belong to the colubrid family (Colubridae), which is the largest family of snakes in the world. Colubrids include most of the world’s harmless species (plus ...

Nov 10, 2014 · The Butler’s Garter Snake is a relatively small garter snake species found in the Great Lakes region. Like its close relative, the Short-headed Garter Snake, and unlike other garter snakes found in its range, it has a small, blunt head.

Nov 10, 2014 · As it stands today, Thamnophis unilabialis is the middle member of a species complex that includes the Narrow-headed Garter Snake to its north and the Southern Durango Spotted Garter Snake, Thamnophis nigronuchalis, to its south. All three species can be characterized as long-nosed, brown or grey-brown spotted snakes that are found in aquatic habitat at high altitudes. Fish is their main prey ...

Nov 10, 2014 · A relatively rare, medium-sized garter snake from the mountains of south-central Mexico, where it has been associated with water. T. chrysocephalus comes in two colour phases: a brown morph with irregular black spots, and a black morph that was briefly considered a separate species, T. eburatus. Not much else is known about this species.