Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis radix
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- T. radix – Powder River Co, MT – photo from iNaturalist, Diana-Terry Hibbitts
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Thamnophis radix occurs in northeastern New Mexico and extreme northern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Thamnophis radix (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Thamnophis, Greek – thamnos = shrub or bush + ophis = snake, serpent
Species: radix, Latin = root – poss. ref. Root River near Racine, WI
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962