Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Reptilia
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 2-10 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
The Common Garter Snake is North America's most widespread reptile, found from coast to coast and as far north as the Arctic Circle. Unlike most snakes it gives birth to live young, sometimes producing litters of over 80 offspring at once.
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 sirtalis