Plains Garter Snake
Plains Garter Snake ~ Thamnophis radix
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: radix
Adult body length: 14 - 43 inches
Body length at birth: 5 - 8 inches
Breeding period: April - May
Young per year: 10 - 70 young per year
Typical foods: earth worms, fish, frogs, toads, salamanders, mice, bird eggs, ect.
Habitat: mostly anywhere there is food and shelter
Can be found: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming
Short description: non-venomous, medium headed, rounded head, typical, keeled scales, rounded pupils
General description:
The Plains Garter Snake is a non-venomous snake.
It’s body color can be black or have a spotched,
checkered like pattern on it. It has a red, yellow,
orange, or white stripe running down the center of its
back, with two lateral stripes running down its side,
one on each side, with a yellow or grey color.
November 07 2007 04:06 pm