Plains Gartersnake (Thamnophis radix)

Created: October 8th, 2010 - 09:30 AM
Last Modified: October 8th, 2010 - 09:48 PM Entered by: John Ruyak
Record 55097

Country: United States		State: Oklahoma	County: Cimarron County	Time: 2009-06-15 16:30:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method:	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Near record length. Was very sluggish due to gorging itself with tadpoles but it did not regurgitate upon capture.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by John Ruyak on Oct 08, 2010 at 09:54 PM

I did not have my measuring tape that day (darn it). It went from my belt line to the ground with several inches of tail to spare. Puts it at at least 44"; which would beat the record in Conant/Collins by an inch.

Posted by Don Becker on Oct 08, 2010 at 06:17 PM

Do you have the county this was found in?