#1807 · 🦎 reptiles

Aquatic Garter Snake

🇳🇱 Aquatic garter snake ·Thamnophis atratus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Zach Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © James Gaither · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © J. Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © ap2il · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Richard Masoner · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Richard Masoner · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Trinity Center, CA, US:© Justin Garwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Mendocino County, CA, USA:© Philip Georgakakos · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Stanislaus County, CA, USA:© Merav Vonshak · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Crescent City:© bp0540388 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The aquatic garter snake ( Thamnophis atratus ) is a species of colubrid snake. Three subspecies are currently recognized.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,182iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,182 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Kennicott in 1860 (166 years ago).