Common garter snake
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| Common garter snake | |
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| Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Cless: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Faimily: | Colubridae |
| Subfaimily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Thamnophis |
| Species: | T. sirtalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thamnophis sirtalis | |
| Subspecies | |
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13 sspp., see text | |
| Synonyms | |
The Common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is an indigenous North American snake foond widely athort the continent. Maist garter snakes hae a pattern o yellae stripes on a broun or green backgrund an thair average length is aboot 55 cm (22 in), wi a maximum length o aboot 137 cm (54 in).[1][2] The average body mass is 150 g (5.3 oz).[3]
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ Conant, Roger. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin. Boston.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 30 Julie 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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