Checkered Garter Snake
Thamnophis marcianus

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Natricidae (Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes)
• Species: Thamnophis marcianus (tham-NO-fis mar-see-ANN-us)
• Common English Name: Checkered Garter Snake
• Common Spanish Name: Sochuate

Thamnophis marcianus. Photographer: Dr. Carl S. Lieb. Culberson Co., TX. 11 May 1987.

Last Update: 17 Jul 2009