Thamnophis radix
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Plains Gartersnake
This is not a particularly exciting sort of gartersnake, but at least it is easy to tell apart from the other gartersnakes in this same spot.
This was one of the largest garter snakes I've ever seen, patrolling the bank of the Little Missouri river.
Online references:
- Thamnophis radix account on The Reptile Database
Printed references:
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Ernst, C. H., Ernst, E. M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada
- Rossman, D. A., Ford, N. B., Siegel, R. A. 1996. The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology