Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Anatomy and description. 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.
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. The ribbon snake averages 16 to 35 inches (41 to 89 cm) in total ...
Queen snake: Pituophis melanoleucus melanoleucus: Northern pine snake: Storeria dekayi dekayi: Northern brown snake: Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata: Northern red-bellied snake: Thamnophis sauritus sauritus: Eastern ribbon snake: Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis: eastern garter snake: Virginia valeriae valeriae: eastern smooth earth snake
Atomarchus, Chilopoma, Eutaenia, Eutainia, Phamnovis, Prymnomiodon, Stypocemus, Tropidonote, Tropidonotus. Garter snake is the common name for small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis in the family Colubridae. They are native to North and Central America, ranging from central Canada in the north to Costa Rica in the south.
The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is indigenous to North America and found widely across the continent. There are several recognized subspecies. Most common garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a black, brown or green background, and ...
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The eastern copperhead has distinctive, dark brown, hourglass-shaped markings, overlaid on a light reddish ...
Thamnophis saurita saurita. (Linnaeus, 1766) [ 1 ] Thamnophis saurita saurita, the eastern ribbon snake or common ribbon snake, is one of four subspecies of the ribbon snake found in the southeastern United States. Some similar species are the western ribbon snake, common garter snake, plains garter snake, and Butler's garter snake.
Pituophis melanoleucus Stejneger & Barbour, 1917 [3] Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the eastern pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the eastern United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized as being valid.