Common mountain garter snake

Common mountain garter snake
	Common mountain garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans elegans )
Systematics
Superfamily :	Adder-like and viper-like (Colubroidea)
Family :	Adders (Colubridae)
Subfamily :	Water snakes (Natricinae)
Genre :	Garter Snakes ( Thamnophis )
Type :	Mountain Garter Snake ( Thamnophis elegans )
Subspecies :	Common mountain garter snake
Scientific name
	Thamnophis elegans elegans
	( Baird & Girard , 1853)

The common mountain garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans elegans ) belongs to the genus of the garter snake ( Thamnophis ). It is the nominate form of six subspecies of the mountain garter snake .

features

Females are around 110 cm long, males rarely more than 60 cm.

Like all garter names, they are viviparous .

It is located in western Canada in British Columbia , Saskatchewan and Alberta and in the USA in the states of Washington , Nevada and in northwest New Mexico .

It occurs in the mountains, but also in valleys. This mountain garter snake can often be found near bodies of water or wetlands.

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