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    Species Accepted

    Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853)

    Terrestrial (Wandering) Garter Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Thamnophis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      26 results
      Akvatisk Strømpebåndssnog Danish
      Arizona Garter Snake
      Berg-Strumpfbandnatter German
      Bergstrumpfbandnatter German
      Coast Garter Snake
      Cobra-liga-costeira Portuguese
      Couleuvre de l'Ouest French
      Couleuvre jarretière des montagnes French
      Culebra-listonada elegante Spanish
      Jarretera Terrestre Occidental Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      115 results
      Woodin, W.H., III. (1950). Notes on Arizona Species of Thamnophis. Herpetologica 6 (2): 39-40.
      Manier, M.K.; Seyler, C.M. & Arnold, S.J. (2007). Adaptive divergence within and between ecotypes of the terrestrial garter snake, Thamnophis elegans, assessed with FST-QST comparisons. J Evol Biol. 20: 1705 – 1719.
      Woodbury, Angus M.;Hansen, Richard M. (1950). A snake den in Tintic Mountains, Utah. Herpetologica 6: 66-70.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1893). Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 Pp.
      Lawson, Robin;Dessauer, Herbert C. (1979). Biochemical genetics and systematics of garter snakes of the Thamnophis elegans-couchii-ordinoides complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Lousiana State University (56): 1-24.
      Fox, W. (1948). Effect of temperature on development of scutellation in the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans atratus. Copeia 1948 (4): 252-262.
      Grismer, Jesse L. (1994). Food observations on the endemic Sierra San Pedro Mártir garter snake (Thamnophis elegans hueyi) from Baja California, México. Herpetological Natural History 2 (1): 107-108.
      Tennant, A., & Bartlett, R. D. (2000). Snakes of North America - Eastern and Central Regions. Gulf Publishing, Houston, TX, 588 Pp.
      Lawson, & Dessauer. (1979). Biochemical genetics and systematics of garter snakes of the Thamnophis elegans-couchii-ordinoides complex. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State Univ. 56.
      Conant, R., & Collins, J. T. (1991). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), Xx + 450 P.

      Citation

      Thamnophis elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853) in undefined