Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)
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COMMON
GARTER SNAKE
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 2 mi SW of
Farmersville, Wylie area, 2.1 mi N jct of FM 6 near FM 1138, Blue Ridge, N
of Sachse, and 2 mi E of Lucus near Brockdale Park on Lake Lavon;
Dallas Co.: Skillman
Ave. at White Rock Creek, Mt. Creek Lake area, and Spring Creek area N of
Garland; Johnson Co.:
2.7 mi SW of US 67 on Park Rd. 21;
Kaufman Co.: 9.4
mi ESE of Tx 34 on FM 1836; Parker
Co.: 2 mi S of Aledo, 8 mi W of Benbrook on Benbrook-Aledo Rd., 5
mi SE of Aledo on FM 2376, and at jct of FM 5 and I-20; Tarrant Co.: Walnut
Creek at the Benbrook-Aledo Rd., the Botanic Gardens in Trinity Park, and
2 mi W of Benbrook on Benbrook-Aledo Rd
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise.
HABITAT: Fort Worth
Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Trinity River Bottoms, and Blackland
Prairie SUBSPECIES:
Texas Garter Snake (T. s. annectens Brown, 1950)
COMMENTS: The Texas
garter snake is not as common as it once was.
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