The name is derived from the Greek words thamnos, meaning “bush,” and ophio, which means “snake.” The species name for the common garter snake is Thamnophis sirtalis. Sirtalis is Latin for ...
You might be attracting snakes to your yard without even knowing it. Garter snakes, the most common type of snake in the U.S., often like to hide under decorative rocks, tall grass, and yard debris.
The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...
In these shallow, ephemeral waters, species like the Mexican garter snake once carved out a precarious existence. But these highly adapted, rare animals are no match for pumping, livestock grazing, ...
Snakes’ metabolisms slow way down in cold weather, Zarlenga said, and they’re at the mercy of the temperatures around them as ...