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The red-sided garter snakes have an upper row of well-defined red spots, and lower row with patches of red color that smear on the dark area on either side of their back. [6] These snakes have multiple yellow stripes present on their body. Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis is sexually dimorphic, where females are usually larger than males. [4]
Arizona Milk Snake; Arizona mountain kingsnake; Arizona Patch-nosed Snake; Blackneck Garter Snake; Blind snake; Checkered Garter Snake; Coachwhip snake (Red Racer)
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 ]
Smith's black-headed snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi) Plains black-headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps) Chihuahuan black-headed snake (Tantilla wilcoxi) Yaqui black-headed snake (Tantilla yaquia) Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques)
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 T. s. concinnus (Hallowell, 1852) – red-spotted garter snake: northwestern Oregon and southwestern ...
Mandarin rat snake; Persian rat snake; Red-backed rat snake [3] Twin-spotted rat snake; Yellow-striped rat snake; Manchurian Black Water Snake; Rattlesnake. Arizona black rattlesnake; Aruba rattlesnake; Chihuahuan ridge-nosed rattlesnake; Coronado Island rattlesnake; Durango rock rattlesnake; Dusky pigmy rattlesnake; Eastern diamondback ...
Only about one-fifth of red-garter snakes survive their first winter, which makes adult females pretty valuable. Cool red-sided garter snake video from the Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba. Watch ...
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.