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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 2,816, February 2,437, March 2,538, April 3,148, May 3,057, June 2,249, July 1,926, August 1,962, September 2,490, October 2,543, November 3,270, December 2,521.
United States56,102
California30,958
Canada5,456
Colorado4,573
Oregon2,431
British Columbia1,823
Washington1,530
Texas1,386
Idaho1,379
New Mexico759

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusGarter Snakes · Thamnophis

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