Wandering Gartersnake
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
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- T. e. vagrans – Coconino Co, AZ – photo by Diego Ortiz
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- T. e. vagrans – Graham Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Thamnophis e. vagrans occurs in central and northeastern Arizona, central and northwestern New Mexico, central and eastern Utah, northern Nevada and eastern central California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Thamnophis, Greek – thamnos = shrub or bush + ophis = snake, serpent
Species: elegans, Latin = fine, elegant
Subspecies: vagrans, Latin = wandering
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962