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The checkered garter snake is one of the easiest garter snakes to tame. Even a wild-caught one can become tame in a few days if handled carefully. [citation needed] The checkered garter snake is frequently available in the exotic pet trade, and makes a hardy captive animal. [citation needed] It can be trained to accept mice or fish fillets as food.
The first garter snake to be scientifically described was the eastern garter snake (now Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), by zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. [ 2 ]
Western ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus) Plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) Lined snake (Tropidoclonion lineatum) Rough earth snake (Virginia striatula) Smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae) MT This snake has enlarged grooved teeth near the back of the upper jaw and secretes a mildly toxic saliva ...
Mountain garter snake (T. e. elegans) eating a western fence lizard Wandering garter snake (T. e. vagrans) eating a fish.The diet of Thamnophis elegans depends heavily on the prey available in the local area, and thus varies due to regional geographical differences.
Western black-headed snake Thamnophis atratus: Aquatic garter snake Thamnophis couchii: Sierra garter snake Thamnophis elegans: Terrestrial garter snake Thamnophis gigas: Giant garter snake Thamnophis hammondii: Two-striped garter snake Thamnophis marcianus: Checkered garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides: Northwestern garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis
The scientific name Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that means "bush snake that looks like a garter strap". The generic name Thamnophis is derived from the Greek "thamnos" (bush) and "ophis" (snake) and the specific name sirtalis is derived from the New Latin "siratalis" (like a garter), a reference to the snake's color pattern resembling a striped ...
The study, commissioned by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, revealed that the 180-acre parcel of wetlands and uplands sustains some 1,300 San Francisco garter ...
Highland garter snake – Thamnophis fulvus (Bocourt, 1893) Checkered garter snake – Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853) Western ribbon snake – Thamnophis proximus (Say, 1823) Orangebelly swamp snake – Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope 1861; Western lyre snake – Trimorphodon biscutatus (Duméril and Bibron, 1854)