Thamnophis radix
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Plains Gartersnake
![Plains Gartersnake (Thamnophis radix)](../images/herps/standard/17050742PD_snake.jpg)
This is not a particularly exciting sort of gartersnake, but at least it is easy to tell apart from the other gartersnakes in this same spot.
![Plains Gartersnake (Thamnophis radix)](../images/herps/standard/22061145L.jpeg)
This was one of the largest garter snakes I've ever seen, patrolling the bank of the Little Missouri river.
Online references:
- Thamnophis radix account on The Reptile Database
Printed references:
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Ernst, C. H., Ernst, E. M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada
- Rossman, D. A., Ford, N. B., Siegel, R. A. 1996. The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology