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  2. Common garter snake - Wikipedia

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    The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. ... 1965 – blue-striped garter snake:

  3. Garter snake - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. Bluestripe ribbon snake - Wikipedia

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    The bluestripe ribbon snake (Thamnophis saurita nitae), which belongs in the same family as the garter snakes, is a subspecies of the ribbon snake that occurs along the Gulf Coast in Florida. Adults are thin and are black with a mid-dorsal stripe that is a lighter shade of black and two blue stripes, hence the name "bluestripe ribbon snake".

  5. Eastern garter snake - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Thamnophis saurita - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. List of snakes by common name - Wikipedia

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    Garter snake. Checkered garter snake; Common garter snake; San Francisco garter snake; Texas garter snake; Glossy snake; Gopher snake. Cape gopher snake; Grass snake; Green snake. Rough green snake; Smooth green snake; Ground snake. Common ground snake; Three-lined ground snake; Western ground snake

  8. Western terrestrial garter snake - Wikipedia

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    T. e. terrestris with dark coloring Mountain garter snake (T. e. elegans) defensive posture. Most western terrestrial garter snakes have a yellow, light orange, or white dorsal stripe, accompanied by two stripes of the same color, one on each side. Some varieties have red or black spots between the dorsal stripe and the side stripes.

  9. San Francisco garter snake - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco garter snake, a subspecies of the common garter snake, is found in scattered wetland areas on the San Francisco Peninsula from approximately the northern boundary of San Mateo County south along the eastern and western bases of the Santa Cruz Mountains, at least to the Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, and along the Pacific coast south to Año Nuevo Point, and thence to ...