Summary ⁴

Like other subspecies of Thamnophis elegans, Mountain Garter Snakes usually have 8 upper labial scales with some degree of enlargement in the 6th and 7th scales, though usually not as extreme as the coastal subspecies. These snakes are fairly commons around lakes and in wet marshes in the Sierra Nevada.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=945&one=T
2. (c) Christy King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Christy King
3. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=946&one=T
4. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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