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Common Garter Snake - approx. 60 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Sirtalis
Length up to 130 cm - many colour variations - similar
species: Eastern Ribbon Snake, Butler's Garter Snake
Common Garter Snake - approx. 60 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Sirtalis
Length up to 130 cm - many colour variations - similar
species: Eastern Ribbon Snake, Butler's Garter Snake
Common Garter Snake - approx. 40 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Sirtalis
Length up to 130 cm - many colour variations - similar
species: Eastern Ribbon Snake, Butler's Garter Snake
Common Garter Snake - approx. 40 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Sirtalis
Length up to 130 cm - many colour variations - similar
species: Eastern Ribbon Snake, Butler's Garter Snake
Dekay's Brown Snake - approx. 30 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Storeria
Species: Dekayi
Length up to 50 cm - many colour variations
Dekay's Brown Snake - approx. 30 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Storeria
Species: Dekayi
Length up to 50 cm - many colour variations
Dekay's Brown Snake - approx. 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - April 2010
Dekay's Brown Snake - approx. 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - April 2010
Common Garter Snake - approx. 40 cm - Leslie Spit - October 2007
Common Garter Snake - approx. 40 cm - Leslie Spit - October 2007
Common Garter Snake - approx. 60 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2008
Common Garter Snake - approx. 60 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2008
Snakes
Common Garter Snake (melanistic) - approx. 30 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis
Species: Sirtalis
Length up to 130 cm - many colour variations - melanistic
means an excessive production of melanin (skin
pigment) resulting in a dark colour - amelanistic means
a lack of melanin (albino)
Common Garter Snake (melanistic) - approx. 30 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2009
3 species
Milk Snake (dead) - approx. 90 cm
Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes)
Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lampropeltis
Species: Triangulum
Milk Snake (dead) - approx. 90 cm - High Park - September 2008
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia