Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas)

Created: October 11th, 2018 - 02:09 PM
Last Modified: October 11th, 2018 - 02:09 PM Entered by: Brett Johnson
Record 310866

Country: United States		State: California	County: El Dorado County	Time: 2018-10-05 09:40:00
Qty: 1	Age: --	Sex: --	Method:	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

I was able to photograph an abnormally large garter snake while it was basking on the asphalt pathway. I believe it was a Giant Garter due to its size, its banding pattern, and the fact it was found near an EID lift station which could facilitate the semi-aquatic habitat it prefers. I will have to continue to look in this area for more evidence of species presence.

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Comments

Posted by Noah Morales on Mar 25, 2022 at 12:24 AM

Yeah I'll cosign on this snake being T. elegans elegans, due to the color/pattern and the fact that El Dorado County is outside of the range/habitat of T. gigas. Changing the ID might be a wise idea. Cheers

Posted by Bart Wilkus on Mar 30, 2021 at 05:46 PM

Yeah, I would say that's a nice big elegans...

Posted by Brett Johnson on Oct 11, 2018 at 02:11 PM

This identification could be incorrect as I was not able to examine the organism in depth or use a garter snake key to identify it because I was at work.