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Reptiles & Amphibians
Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake
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Related or Similar Northwest Snakes:
Northwestern Gartersnake
Valley Gartersnake
Puget Sound Gartersnake
Red-spotted Gartersnake
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Adult, Spokane County, Washington |
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Melanistic adult, Pierce County, Washington (This form was formerly known as Thamnophis elegens nigrescens.) |
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Melanistic adult, Pierce County, Washington |
Melanistic adult, Pierce County, Washington |
Melanistic adult, Pierce County, Washington (on top) with sympatric T. sirtalis pickeringii (on bottom.) |
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Adult, Park County, Wyoming |
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Large old adult, Snohomish County, Washington |
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Adult, Yakima County © Jeremiah Easter |
In some areas, Wandering Gartersnakes overwinter in large groups. Here you can see a mass emergence of Wandering Gartersnakes and Valley Gartersnakes in early May, Lincoln County, Wyoming. © Leslie Schreiber | |
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Intergrade of the Mountain Gartersnake - T. e. elegans and the Wandering Gartersnake - T. e. vagrans. Found in northern Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California and in south central Oregon, this intergrade was once considered a unique subspecies: Thamnophis elegans biscutatus - Klamath Gartersnake. Click on the link above to view more pictures of this snake. |
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Habitat, Pierce County, Washington |
Habitat, 7,800 ft. Park County, Wyoming |
Habitat, Pierce County, Washington |
Short Video |
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| Wandering Gartersnakes found beside a creek in the mountains of Arizona. | ||
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