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Eastern garter snakes average between 46–66 cm (18–26 in) long. The largest recorded length was 124 cm (48.7 in) long. Females are typically larger than males. They are either a greenish, brown, or black color and have a distinct yellow or white stripe. The eastern garter snake is broadly considered non-venomous.
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 ]
Thamnophis saurita, also known as the eastern ribbon snake [a], common ribbon snake, or simply ribbon snake, is a common species of garter snake native to Eastern North America. [2] It is a non-venomous [ 5 ] [ 6 ] species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae .
T. s. sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – eastern garter snake: eastern North America T. s. parietalis (Say, 1823) – red-sided garter snake: as far north as Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and as far south as the Oklahoma-Texas border T. s. infernalis (Blainville, 1835) – California red-sided garter snake: California coast T. s. concinnus ...
Mississippi has more than 50 different types of snakes and they can be found in just about every environment in the state.
Black Swamp Snake (Seminatrix pygaea) Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi) Red-bellied Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) Florida Brown Snake (Storeria victa) Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata) Central Florida Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta) Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
The eastern ribbon snake gets its name from its very thin body. At maturity, it grows to between 18 and 86 centimetres (7.1 and 33.9 in) in length. [3] It is a slender, black snake with a yellow mid-back stripe and one on each side. A brown stripe of one or two rows of scales extends onto the sides of the belly.
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