Common garter snake

Thamnophis sirtalis · Colubridae

The common garter snake is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is indigenous to North America and found widely across the continent. There are several recognized subspecies.

Where the Common garter snake lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Ontario, New York, California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

See the Common garter snake’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 172,482 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.