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The species name for the common garter snake is Thamnophis sirtalis. Sirtalis is Latin for “like a garter” and likely refers ...
Three longitudinal stripes running from head to tail that ... over 6 feet long and is easily confused with the eastern garter ...
DESCRIPTION: The San Francisco garter snake is a slender, three-foot-long snake with an orange head, a greenish-yellow back bordered by red and black stripes, and a bright greenish-blue or turquoise ...
DESCRIPTION: The giant garter snake reaches up 64 inches in length. Individual snakes vary in color from brownish to olive, with a checkered pattern of black spots, a yellow stripe down the center of ...