Thamnophis elegans elegans - Mountain Garter Snake

     1.  Well-defined stripes on back and sides on a velvety black to gray background color
     2.  Dorsal stripe coloration varies from white to yellow and can be virtually nonexistent
     3.  No red

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• Leptotyphlopidae • Boidae • Viperidae • Colubridae • Elapidae •