Eastern garter snake
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The eastern garter snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis ) was described as the first of 12 subspecies of the common garter snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis ) by Linnaeus and is one of the most widespread garter snakes .
She lives throughout the eastern United States , from Minnesota in the north all the way down to south Texas . Females are usually three feet long, sometimes up to four feet. Males rarely reach a length of more than 60 cm.
Garter snakes have a wide range of foods. They eat fish , slugs , worms , amphibians , mice , rats and small birds .
Garter snakes are viviparous ( ovoviviparous ). A garter snake litter usually contains five to twenty young animals. In individual cases, however, litter sizes of more than 80 young animals have been observed.
literature
- Thomas Bourguignon: Garter Snakes. Origin, care, species . DATZ terrarium books, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3591-4
- Martin Hallmen, Jürgen Chlebowy: Garter Snakes . Natur und Tier-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-931-58749-5
- WP Mara: garter snakes in the terrarium . Paperback (63 pages), Bede Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-927-99779-X
- Frank Mutschmann : The garter snakes. Biology, dissemination, attitude . Paperback (172 pages), Westarp-Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-894-32427-9