Western Aquatic Garter Snake

Thamnophis couchii (Kennicott, 1859)

Also calledCobra-liga-da-Sierra (por) · Couchs Strumpfbandnatter (deu) · Westliche Strumpfbandnatter (deu) · Западная подвязочная змея (rus) · Калифорнийская подвязочная змея (rus) · 西拉帶蛇 (zho)

First described in: Kennicott, R. Eutaenia couchii. In: Williamson & Abbot, Explorations for a railroad route, from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River.

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”.