Northwestern Garter Snake
Thamnophis ordinoides
Also known as: Northwestern Gartersnake
Reptilia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 3-10 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Northwestern Garter Snake is a long, slender snake that lives in the forests of the northwestern United States and Canada. This snake has a distinctive green stripe that runs along its back and a black stripe that runs along its belly. It is a carnivorous snake that feeds on insects, frogs, and small mammals.
Life cycle
- 1.hatchlingA miniature snake emerges from the egg or from its mother (live-bearers), already venomous or strong-coiled in some species.
- 2.juvenileA juvenile sheds its skin, grows quickly, and hunts smaller prey than the adults.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult length and pattern.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Thamnophis
- Species
- Thamnophis ordinoides