Mountain Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans elegans
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- T. e. elegans – Placer Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Thamnophis e. elegans occurs in northern California with an isolated population located in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Thamnophis elegans elegans (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Thamnophis, Greek – thamnos = shrub or bush + ophis = snake, serpent
Species/Subspecies: elegans, Latin = fine, elegant
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962