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Western terrestrial garter snake

Thamnophis elegans

Description:

About 14 inches long, black with red lateral spots and a light dorsal stripe.

Habitat:

Coniferous lowland Forrest

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2 Comments

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Beautiful snake! Please be sure to add this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1202...

MacTeen
MacTeen 12 years ago

We have these where I live - fun to see slithering around the yard! (Although not to the girls)

Beaverton, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Aug 1, 2011
Submitted on Aug 2, 2011

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