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    Species Accepted

    Thamnophis gigas Fitch, 1940

    Giant Garter Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Cobra-liga-gigante Portuguese
      Giant Garter Snake English
      Riesen-Strumpfbandnatter German
      オオガーターヘビ Japanese
      巨帶蛇 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      20 results
      Hansen, Robert and Jackson D. Shedd. (2025). California Amphibians and Reptiles. Princeton University Press, 528 Pp., ISBN9780691249087 (Ebook).
      Halstead, B.J., G.D. Wylie & M.L. Casazza. (2010). Habitat Suitability and Conservation of the Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley of California. Copeia 2010 (4): 591-599.
      Queiroz, Alan de; Robin Lawson and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal. (2002). Phylogenetic Relationships of North American Garter Snakes (Thamnophis) Based on Four Mitochondrial Genes: How Much DNA Sequence Is Enough? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 315-329.
      Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A., Good, David A., Wake, David B. (2003). Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a List of Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Reptiles. UC Publications in Zoology, 119 Pp.
      Wylie, Glenn D.; Michael L. Casazza, Christopher J. Gregory, and Brian J. Halstead. (2010). Abundance and Sexual Size Dimorphism of the Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley of California. Journal of Herpetology 44 (1): 94–103.
      Pilliod, D., Jeffries, M., Arkle, R. and Olson, D. (2024). Climate Futures for Lizards and Snakes in Western North America May Result in New Species Management Issues. Ecol Evol, 14: E70379.
      Stebbins, R. C. (1985). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
      O’Shea, M. (2018). The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London,.
      Crother, B. I. (ed.). (2012). Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92.
      Heptinstall, Tucker C.; Ramses A. Rosales-Garcia, Rhett M. Rautsaw, Erich P. Hofmann, Alan De Queiroz, Luis Canseco-Márquez & Christopher L. Parkinson. (2024). Size Doesn’t Matter: Body Size is Not Linked to Diet Specialization in Garter Snakes (Squamata: Natricidae: Thamnophis). Journal of Herpetology 58 (2): 122-134.

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