California Red Sided Garter Snake

The california red sided garter snake is a member of the family colubridae.

California red sided garter snake. These snakes have a red colored base. Snake hunt has been on the rise lately due to various reasons. Red sided garter snake thamnophis sirtalis parietalis normal red sided anerythristic red sided albino red sided double het for snow red sided golden red sided snow red sided blue.

It is a subspecies of the common garter snake a group of natricine snakes indigenous to north america. Concinnus it is biologically part of the population of the subspecies t. Traffic accidents and seasonal flooding and freezing of their underground dens are major threats for the survival of.

These snakes are called thamnophis sirtalis ssp. They are usually recognizable for their distinctive blue yellow stripe pattern on a black and red background. Blue striped garter snake thamnophis sirtalis similis true blue striped.

Endemic to north and central america species in the genus thamnophis can be found from the subarctic plains of canada to costa rica the common garter snake thamnophis sirtalis is the state reptile of massachusetts the length of garter snakes varies from 46 to 137cm 18. They have stripes that go down the length of their back that is. California gartersnakes are medium sized slender snakes with a head barely wider than the neck and scales on the back which are keeled having a ridge lengthwise on each scale.

Garter snake is a common name for the generally harmless small to medium sized snakes belonging to the genus thamnophis. The california red sided garter snake thamnophis sirtalis infernalis is a subspecies of the common garter snake this slender subspecies of natricine snake is indigenous to north america and is one of three recognized subspecies of thamnophis sirtalis found in california while commonly confused with the subspecies t. These colorful medium sized snakes are considered harmless since their mild neurotoxic venom is not deadly to humans.

Despite having enlarged teeth the garter snakes lack an efficient means of delivering venom since their gums are comparatively. Infernalis the california red sided gartersnake. Keeled scales most species have a stripe on top of the back and on the bottom of each side but on some species this stripe is faint or absent and sometimes the side.