Photo of a Yellow-throated gartersnake (Thamnophis pulchrilatus)
Photo: teban, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Yellow-throated gartersnake

Thamnophis pulchrilatus

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

Yellow-throated gartersnake (Thamnophis pulchrilatus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 39 more. Common: recorded in 157 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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