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The first garter snake to be scientifically described was the eastern garter snake (now Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), by zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. [ 2 ]
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The scientific name Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis is a combination of Ancient Greek and New Latin that means "bush snake that looks like a garter strap". The generic name Thamnophis is derived from the Greek "thamnos" (bush) and "ophis" (snake) and the specific name sirtalis is derived from the New Latin "siratalis" (like a garter), a reference to the snake's color pattern resembling a striped ...
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Able to grow up to a 100 inches, the Eastern ratsnake is the biggest snake we have in Massachusetts. Some adults also have traces of white patterning, which is caused by pigmented skin exposed ...
Construction work on a dike in Canada gave hundreds of slumbering snakes a bit of a rude awakening last week. Workers unearthed a den of more than 500 garter snakes, hibernating under rocks in ...
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See photos of the world's largest snake orgy. ... In 2015, researchers found that male red-garter snakes depleted almost a fifth of their daily energy per ejaculation, with the stakes even higher ...