Photo of a Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)
Photo: James Maughn, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Northwestern Garter Snake

Thamnophis ordinoides

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

Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Canada, United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate rainforest, temperate coniferous forest, montane woodland, mountain forest and 32 more. Common: recorded in 1523 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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