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Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledCobra-liga-comum (por) · Couleuvre rayée (La), Serpent jarretière (fra) · Culebra listonada común (spa) · Culebra-listonada común (spa) · Gewone kousenbandslang (nld) · Gewöhnliche Strumpfbandnatter (deu) · Jarretera Comün (spa) · Ogrodowiec zwyczajny (pol) · Paprastoji raištinė gyvatė (lit) · Pończosznik prążkowany (pol) · Serpent-jarretière (fra) · Serpente giarrettiera comune (ita) · Serpiente de jarretera (spa) · Strømpebåndssnog (dan)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Thamnophis sirtalis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2457522.