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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Natricidae
Sierra Gartersnake
Thamnophis couchii
(Kennicott, 1859)
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Couch's Garter Snake
(
Eutaenia couchii
: Cooper, James G.
1869
. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81);
Giant Garter Snake
(
Thamnophis ordinoides couchii
: Van Denburgh, John.
1922
. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);
Sierra Nevada Garter Snake
(
Thamnophis ordinoides couchii
: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis.
1941
. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);
Couch's Water Snake
(
Thamnophis elegans couchii
: Wright, Albert Hazen.
1950
. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186);
Couch's Garter Snake
(
Thamnophis elegans couchii
: Wright, Albert Hazen.
1950
. Common names of the snakes of the United States. Herpetologica 6(6):141-186);
Sierra Nevada Garter Snake
(
Thamnophis elegans couchi
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1859
Kennicott, Robert.
Eutaenia couchii
. Pages in In: Williamson & Abbot, Explorations for a railroad route, from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River. U. S. Pacif. Railroad Surv. 10, Pt.4, p. 10. A. O. P. Nicholson, Washington, D.C.. pp.
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