Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis

• Order: Squamata
• Suborder: Serpentes
• Family: Natricidae (Harmless Live-Bearing Snakes)
• Species: Thamnophis sirtalis (tham-NO-fis sir-TAIL-is)
• Common English Name: Common Garter Snake
• Common Spanish Name: Culebra de Agua Nómada Común

Thamnophis sirtalis. Photograph courtesy of Upton Ecological and Research Reserve, Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Last Update: 17 Jul 2009