Two-striped Gartersnake
Thamnophis hammondii
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- T. hammondii – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. hammondii – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. hammondii – Riverside Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- T. hammondii – Ventura Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- T. hammondii – Ventura Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- T. hammondii – Ventura Co, CA – photo by Patrick Briggs
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Thamnophis hammondii occurs in California from Monterey County southward to the Mexican border, and eastward into the Transverse Mountain Ranges and the Peninsular Mountain Ranges.
LEGAL STATUS: Thamnophis hammondii is protected in California as a Species of Special Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Thamnophis hammondi (Kennicott – 1860)
Genus: Thamnophis, Greek – thamnos = shrub or bush + ophis = snake, serpent
Species: hammondi, honors William A. Hammond
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962