Photo of a Santa Cruz Garter Snake (Thamnophis atratus)
Photo: James Maughn, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Santa Cruz Garter Snake

Thamnophis atratus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Thamnophis
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Santa Cruz Garter Snake (Thamnophis atratus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate rainforest, temperate coniferous forest, forest edges, shrubland and 26 more. Common: recorded in 336 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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