#1624 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Cecelia Alexander · CC0
2. © Natalie McNear · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © James Maughn · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © J. N. Stuart · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © matt knoth · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © 1999 California Academy of Sciences · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

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

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,593iNaturalist 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.
36,593 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).