Thamnophis gigas - Giant Garter Snake

     1.  Limited from its original range to rivers, streams, ditches, and irrigation channels around Sacramento
     2.  Our largest western Thamnophis species
     3.  Two alternating rows of small dark spots between stripes on each side

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• Leptotyphlopidae • Boidae • Viperidae • Colubridae • Elapidae •