Two-striped Gartersnake (Thamnophis hammondii)

Created: August 24th, 2010 - 11:54 AM
Last Modified: October 17th, 2014 - 11:30 AM Entered by: Robert and Nicholas Hess
Record 52937

Country: United States		State: California	County: Los Angeles County	Time: 2010-08-21 17:00:00
Qty: 6	Age: Varying	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: canyon stream bed
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 3900.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Unfortunately there are no voucher shots because this was an unplanned herping trip (in part because we were not really permitted to stop and hike in the burn area).

But the snakes we found were definitely two-striped garters, varying in size from 10 inches to 36 inches. Only two were adults, the rest juveniles. The person with me, Edwin Tucker, told me he had seen two-striped garter snakes at the same spot before prior to the big fire of 2009. He was very glad to see that this population of snakes seemed to be doing fine even after the fire.

In general, the streambed looked quite healthy and alive despite the fire. We also found one Western pond turtle and one juvenile pseudacris hypochondriaca in a timeframe of about an hour. Those records have been entered separately.

Comments

Posted by Robert and Nicholas Hess on Aug 26, 2010 at 01:20 PM

Thanks for pointing that out, Brian. I've made the changes.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Aug 26, 2010 at 01:16 PM

You have the state as Colorado and no county....