Photo of a Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)
Photo: Ron Savage, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

Blackneck Garter Snake

Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Thamnophis
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Common

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About

Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Guatemala, Mexico, United States. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 58 more. Common: recorded in 950 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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