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Thamnophis elegans (Western Terrestrial Garter Snake)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) is a western North American species of colubrid snake. At least five subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Thamnophis elegans

Infraspecies

Thamnophis elegans elegans (Western terrestrial gartersnake)
Thamnophis elegans hueyi (San-Pedro-Martir Garter Snake)
Thamnophis elegans terrestris (Western Terrestrial Garter Snake) (Attributes)
Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Wandering gartersnake)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  400 grams
Litter Size [1]  10
Maximum Longevity [1]  18 years

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0