#1787 · 🦎 reptiles

Black-necked Garter Snake

🇳🇱 Blackneck garter snake ·Thamnophis cyrtopsis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
3. © J. N. Stuart · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Robby Deans · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Marco Antonio Sánchez Ramos · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Santa Cruz County, AZ, USA:© Jared Shorma · CC BY 4.0
8. Jeff Davis County, TX, USA:© Chris Harrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Morelia, Mich., México:© David Ruíz Domínguez · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Colorado, US:© Chris · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Thamnophis cyrtopsis , the blackneck garter snake , is a species of garter snake of the genus Thamnophis . It is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico and Guatemala, and can be found in a wide range of different habitats, often near water sources.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,823iNaturalist 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.
4,823 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Kennicott in 1860 (166 years ago).