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Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Description:

pattern of yellow stripes on a brown or green background

Habitat:

Grasslands, ponds, rivers, backyards

1 Species ID Suggestions

Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis radix


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2 Comments

Your snake is a plains garter snake instead of the red-sided Gartersnake . Great find!

Beautiful snake!

daniel.dparsons
Spotted by
daniel.dparsons

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on Jun 21, 2012

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