#1606 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Garter Snake

🇳🇱 Gewone kousenbandslang ·Thamnophis sirtalis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Mark Kluge · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Kevin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Kevin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © John Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Tom Kennedy · CC BY 4.0
6. Tribble Mill Park, Lawrenceville, GA, US:© Carolina Dover · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Oregon, US:© Mark Leppin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Minneapolis, MN 55441, USA:© Lauren · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Longridge Camp:© Mark Dorriesfield · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Woodbridge, VA 22191, USA:© Amiel Hopkins · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common garter snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis ) is a species of natricine snake, which is indigenous to North America and found widely across the continent. Most common garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a black, brown or green background, and their average total length (including tail) is about 55 cm (22 in), with a maximum total length of about 137 cm (54 in). 3 oz). Common garter snakes are the state reptile of...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 214,609iNaturalist 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.
214,609 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).