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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 ]
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 people of Naperville, Illinois might be saying, "Why'd it have to be snakes?" WBBM reports it is "a genuine snake invasion. Snakes along the river walk and invading yards in Naperville." It ...
Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). Three light longitudinal stripes, one dorsal, and two on each side on scale rows two and three. Thicker-bodied than ribbonsnake. Sometimes with a checkered pattern between stripes. [29] Rough earth snake (Virginia striatula). Small fossorial snake. Entirely brown with keeled scales. Juveniles have ...
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
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A medical advocacy group on Tuesday sued the main U.S. health agencies over the sudden removal of websites containing public health information in response to an executive order by President ...