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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 ]
T. s. pallidulus Allen, 1899 – maritime garter snake: northeastern New England, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces. T. s. annectens B.C. Brown, 1950 – Texas garter snake: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas T. s. fitchi Fox, 1951 – valley garter snake: Rocky Mountains and interior ranges T. s. similis Rossman, 1965 – blue-striped garter snake
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 ...
Banded sand snake (Sonora cincta) Big Bend patch-nosed snake (Salvadora deserticola) Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) Chihuahuan black-headed snake (Tantilla wilcoxi) Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake (Gyalopion canum)
The scientific name Thamnophis rufipunctatus is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that means "bush snake punctuated with red". The generic name Thamnophis is derived from the Greek "thamnos" (bush) and "ophis" (snake) and the specific name rufipunctatus is derived from the New Latin "rufi-" (red) and "punctatus" (punctuated), referring to the snake's reddish-brown spots.
Thamnophis hammondii: Two-striped garter snake Coastal California south of Monterey Bay Thamnophis marcianus: Checkered garter snake Colorado River and Imperial Valley as north as Mecca: Thamnophis ordinoides: Northwestern garter snake Extreme northwest corner of state Thamnophis sirtalis: Common garter snake Most of state excluding desert ...