Species
Thamnophis elegans (Western terrestrial garter snake)
Thamnophis elegans. Photo: (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) is a western North American species of colubrid snake. At least five subspecies are currently recognized.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Order: Squamata (Snakes and lizards)
- Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
- Family: Colubridae (Colubrid snakes)
- Subfamily: Natricinae (Natricine snakes)
- Genus: Thamnophis (Garter snakes)
- Species: Thamnophis elegans (Western terrestrial garter snake)
- Genus: Thamnophis (Garter snakes)
- Subfamily: Natricinae (Natricine snakes)
- Family: Colubridae (Colubrid snakes)
- Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
- Order: Squamata (Snakes and lizards)
- Class: Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Subtaxa
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