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Garter snakes

LC control no.sh 85053208
LC classificationQL666.O636 Zoology
Topical headingGarter snakes
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Variant(s)Gartersnakes
North American garter snakes
North American gartersnakes
Ribbon snakes
Thamnophis
See alsoColubridae
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Found inMara, W. Garter & ribbon snakes, c1994 (various members of the genus Thamnophis are identified as garter snakes) p. 9, and throughout (e.g. Northwest Garter snake is T. ordinoides or ribbon snakes e.g. Eastern Ribbon Snake T. sauritus)
Random House (ribbon snake: either of two long-tailed garter snakes Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes)
ITIS, June 16, 2004 (Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 -- garter snakes, ribbon snakes. Family Colubridae)
Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, via WWW, June 16, 2004 (Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843--North American gartersnakes)
Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians, turtles, reptiles & crocodilians, via WWW, June 16, 2004 (Garter & Ribbon Snakes, Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843. Natricidae)