Photo of a Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita)
Photo: Rob Van Epps, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Thamnophis
Continents
North America
Countries
2
How common
Common

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About

Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis saurita) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Canada, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, boreal forest, subtropical forest and 26 more. Common: recorded in 1540 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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