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The plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) is a species of garter snake native to most of the central United States as far north as Canada and as far south as Texas.It has a distinctive orange or yellow stripe from its head to tail, and the rest of its body is mainly a gray-green color.
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.
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Characteristics: Plains garter snakes can be quite long, sometimes reaching nearly 4 feet long. It is the most heavy bodied of all Iowa garter snakes, with light brown to black dorsal scales and ...
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.
Graham's crayfish snake: Regina grahamii: Lined snake: Tropidoclonion lineatum: Massasauga rattlesnake: Sistrurus catenatus: Endangered Milk snake: Lampropeltis triangulum: Northern water snake: Nerodia sipedon: Plains garter snake: Thamnophis radix: Prairie kingsnake: Lampropeltis calligaster: Prairie rattlesnake: Crotalus viridis: Endangered ...
Milk snake ("red" subspecies) Lampropeltis triangulum syspila (a variety of "kingsnake") the red milk snake subspecies is found in far southeastern South Dakota 16 - 28 inches in length, red and orange blotches bordered with black, and separated by yellow or white bands (with red head & snout) Plains garter snake: Thamnophis radix: throughout ...
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.