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Basic information
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Garter Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusGarter snakes
- Czech name
- Užovka proužkovaná
- English name
- Common Garter Snake
- Alternative names
- Bluestripe Garter Snake, California Red-sided Garter Snake, Common Gartersnake, Eastern Garter Snake, Garden Snake, Gewöhnliche Strumpfbandnatter, Chicago Gartersnake, Jarretera Comün, Lowe's Garter Snake, Maritime Garter Snake, New Mexico Garter Snake, Puget Sound Garter Snake, Red-sided Garter Snake, Red-spotted Garter Snake, San Francisco Garter Snake, Texas Garter Snake, Valley Garter Snake
- Synonyms
- Coluber ibibe, Coluber infemalis, Coluber ordinatus, Coluber parietalis, Coluber sirtalis, Coluber taenia, Eutaenia dorsalis, Eutaenia infernalis, Eutaenia sirtalis graminea, Eutaenia sirtalis melanota, Eutaenia sirtalis obscura, Eutaenia sirtalis semiifasciata, Eutainia dorsalis, Eutainia pickeringii, Eutainia sirtalis, Eutainia sirtalis trilineata, Thamnophis sirtalis lowei, Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus, Tropidonotus bipunctatus, Tropidonotus concinnus, Tropidonotus obalskii
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Semi-aquatic
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 1,400 mm
- SVL
- max 549 mm
- Body mass
- max 862.3 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~2.35 g
- Offspring total length
- max 175 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 20 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 9–35 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1.9–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–101 individuals
- Clutches per year
- min 0 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 563LK · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19261 · dryad-v5