Eastern Garter Snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis)
Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
Thamnophis
Species
sirtalis
Subspecies
sirtalis
Common Name
Eastern Garter Snake
Other Names
Garter Snake, Gardner Snake, Garden Snake
Conservation
Status
Global: T5
Alabama: S5
(What does this mean?)
Alabama Lowest Conservation Concern: P5
taxa that are demonstrably secure, with size of population stable/increasing, geographical distribution stable/expanding, population trend/population viability stable/increasing, relatively limited habitat vulnerability due to natural/human caused factors, or an unusual visitor to the state. No specific monitoring or conservation action needed.
Taxon
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — CROTHER et al. 2012
Coluber ordinatus LINNAEUS 1766: 379
Tropidonotus concinnus HALLOWELL 1852
Eutainia sirtalis BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 27
Eutainia dorsalis BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 31
Eutainia infernalis — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 26
Eutainia Pickeringii — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 27
Eutainia concinna — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 146
Tropidonotus bi-punctatus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 582
Eutaenia sirtalis obscura COPE in WHEELER 1875: 546
Tropidonotus sirtalis — GARMAN 1884: 23
Eutanaeia [sic] sirtalis — SHARP 1890: 149
Eutaenia sirtalis — COPE 1893: 183
Eutaenia sirtalis — BROWN 1899: 421
Tropidonotus ordinatus var. sirtalis — DE GRIJS 1899: 396 (?)
Thamnophis sirtalis — STEBBINS 1985: 199
Thamnophis sirtalis — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 165
Thamnophis sirtalis — LINER 1994
Thamnophis sirtalis — CROTHER et al. 2012
Thamnophis sirtalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 726
Subspecies
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (LINNAEUS 1758)
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — STRATHEMANN 1995
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — CROTHER 2000
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 93
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — HALLMEN 2007
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis — CROTHER et al. 2012
Description:
Description
Scale distinction: Keeled dorsal scales in 19 rows (midbody). A single anal plate. Split subcaudial scales. lateral white to yellow stripe on scale rows 2 and 3 may be present.
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