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Common Rough-sided Snake
Colubridae

Common Rough-sided Snake

Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860

Aspidura trachyprocta is a common small burrowing snake endemic to central Sri Lanka's midhill to montane areas.

Rough Earthsnake
Colubridae

Rough Earthsnake

Haldea striatula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Haldea striatula is a small harmless fossorial viviparous snake native to the central and southeastern United States.

Smooth Earthsnake
Colubridae

Smooth Earthsnake

Virginia valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853

Virginia valeriae, the smooth earth snake, is a small fossorial North American snake that bears live young.

Common keelback
Colubridae

Common keelback

Tropidonophis mairii (Gray, 1841)

Tropidonophis mairii is a small non-venomous snake found across northern Oceania and Southeast Asia that lays 3-18 eggs per clutch.

Lined Snake
Colubridae

Lined Snake

Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)

Tropidoclonion lineatum, the lined snake, is a small North American colubrid snake with distinct back stripes and black belly spots.

Black-necked Garter Snake
Colubridae

Black-necked Garter Snake

Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860)

Blackneck garter snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) has three subspecies, found in the US Southwest, Mexico, and Guatemala near water.

Yellow-throated Garter Snake
Colubridae

Yellow-throated Garter Snake

Thamnophis pulchrilatus (Cope, 1885)

Thamnophis pulchrilatus, the yellow-throated garter snake, is a poorly studied colubrid snake found in high elevation forests of Mexico.

Blackbelly Garter Snake
Colubridae

Blackbelly Garter Snake

Thamnophis melanogaster (Peters, 1864)

Thamnophis melanogaster, the blackbelly garter snake, is a terrestrial ovoviviparous snake endemic to the Central Mexican Plateau.

Common Garter Snake
Colubridae

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thamnophis sirtalis, the common garter snake, is a widespread North American snake with unique reproductive male mimicry.

Longtail Alpine Garter Snake
Colubridae

Longtail Alpine Garter Snake

Thamnophis scalaris Cope, 1861

Thamnophis scalaris, the longtail alpine garter snake, is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake
Colubridae

Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake

Thamnophis scaliger (Jan, 1863)

The short-tail alpine garter snake (Thamnophis scaliger) is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Plains Garter Snake
Colubridae

Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis radix, the plains garter snake, is a mildly venomous North American garter snake with a distinctive body stripe.

Northwestern Garter Snake
Colubridae

Northwestern Garter Snake

Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Thamnophis ordinoides, the small, variable northwestern garter snake, lives in open forest-edge meadows in western North America.

Checkered Garter Snake
Colubridae

Checkered Garter Snake

Thamnophis marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis marcianus, the checkered garter snake, is a North American snake with distinct patterning that is ovoviviparous and possibly parthenogenetic.

Two-striped Garter Snake
Colubridae

Two-striped Garter Snake

Thamnophis hammondii (Kennicott, 1860)

This is a fact-based description of the medium-sized highly aquatic two-striped garter snake Thamnophis hammondii.

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Colubridae

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Thamnophis elegans, the western terrestrial garter snake, is a variable medium-sized mildly venomous North American natricine snake.

Mexican Wandering Garter Snake
Colubridae

Mexican Wandering Garter Snake

Thamnophis errans Smith, 1942

Thamnophis errans, the Mexican wandering garter snake, is an endemic colubrid snake found in pine-oak forests of western Mexico.

Mexican Garter Snake
Colubridae

Mexican Garter Snake

Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834)

The Mexican garter snake is a harmless semi-aquatic colubrid species found in the southwestern US and Mexico.

Aquatic Garter Snake
Colubridae

Aquatic Garter Snake

Thamnophis atratus Kennicott, 1860

Thamnophis atratus, the aquatic garter snake, is a variably colored North American coastal snake that bears live young.

Short-headed Garter Snake
Colubridae

Short-headed Garter Snake

Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892)

This is a summary of the description, distribution, behavior, and reproduction of the small snake Thamnophis brachystoma.

Butler's Garter Snake
Colubridae

Butler's Garter Snake

Thamnophis butleri (Cope, 1889)

Thamnophis butleri, Butler's garter snake, is a small striped garter snake with a unique lateral stripe placement found in the north-central US and southern Ontario.

Goldenhead Garter Snake
Colubridae

Goldenhead Garter Snake

Thamnophis chrysocephalus (Cope, 1885)

The goldenhead garter snake (Thamnophis chrysocephalus) is a colubrid snake species found in Mexico.

Sierra Garter Snake
Colubridae

Sierra Garter Snake

Thamnophis couchii (Kennicott, 1859)

Thamnophis couchii is a viviparous colubrid snake endemic to California and Oregon in the western United States.

Western Ribbon Snake
Colubridae

Western Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis proximus (Say, 1823)

Thamnophis proximus is a semiaquatic striped garter snake with a long tail, found near water from sea level to 2500m.

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