A Guide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of California
Thamnophis elegans (biscutatus) intergrade - (Klamath Gartersnake)
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Range in California: Gold Click the map for a guide
to the other subspecies
Currently classified as an intergrade of the Mountain Gartersnake - Thamnophis elegans elegans, and the Wandering Gartersnake - Thamnophis elegans vagrans, this snake was previously recognized as a unique subspecies: Thamnophis elegans biscutatus - Klamath Gartersnake. It occurs in northern Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California and south central Oregon. |
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Adult, Tule Lake, Siskiyou County. This snake was found within the intergrade range, but it is identical in appearance to T.e. elegans. |
Adult, © Dr. Robert Lawson @ CA Academy of Sciences |
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Juvenile, Lake County, Oregon |
Juvenile, Lake County, Oregon |
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Habitat, 4,100 ft. Siskiyou County |
Habitat, 5,100 ft., Lake County, Oregon |
Habitat, 5,100 ft., Lake County, Oregon |
More Information: NatureServe Explorer USGS Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.
Brown, Philip R. A Field Guide to Snakes of California. Gulf Publishing Co., 1997.Behler, John L., and F. Wayne King. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Powell, Robert., Joseph T. Collins, and Errol D. Hooper Jr. A Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada. The University Press of Kansas, 1998. Bartlett, R. D. & Patricia P. Bartlett. Guide and Reference to the Snakes of Western North America (North of Mexico) and Hawaii. University Press of Florida, 2009. Bartlett, R.D. , & Alan Tennant. Snakes of North America - Western Region. Gulf Publishing Co., 2000. Brown, Philip R. A Field Guide to Snakes of California. Gulf Publishing Co., 1997. Ernst, Carl H., Evelyn M. Ernst, & Robert M. Corker. Snakes of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2003. Wright, Albert Hazen & Anna Allen Wright. Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. Rossman, Douglas A., Neil B, Ford, & Richard A. Siegel. The Garter Snakes - Evolution and Ecology. University of Oklahoma press, 1996. Brown et. al. Reptiles of Washington and Oregon. Seattle Audubon Society,1995.
Nussbaum, R. A., E. D. Brodie Jr., and R. M. Storm. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest. Moscow, Idaho: University Press of Idaho, 1983. St. John, Alan D. Reptiles of the Northwest: Alaska to California; Rockies to the Coast. Lone Pine Publishing, 2002. |
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