Eastern black-necked garter snake

Eastern black-necked garter snake
	Eastern black-necked garter snake ( Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus )
Systematics
Superfamily :	Adder-like and viper-like (Colubroidea)
Family :	Adders (Colubridae)
Subfamily :	Water snakes (Natricinae)
Genre :	Garter Snakes ( Thamnophis )
Type :	Black-necked ; garter snake ( Thamnophis cyrtopsis )
Subspecies :	Eastern black-necked garter snake
Scientific name
	Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
	( Cope , 1880)

The Eastern black-necked garter snake ( Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus ) is one of three subspecies of the black-necked garter snake .

features

Their orange stripes on the back and the black and white side patterns are striking.

Adult females of this Thamnophis subspecies are almost 120 cm long. Males stay smaller.

They prefer frogs as food ; in the terrarium they also accept fish (for example smelt ) and rodents that are young in the nest .

Like all garter snakes, they are viviparous .

The eastern black-necked garter snake is one of the rare representatives of the genus garter snake . Their relatively small natural range is west of Big Bend National Park on the Edwards Plateau in central Texas , USA .

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