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Giant Gartersnake
Thamnophis gigas Fitch, 1940

Current SSAR Comments:
Wood et al. (2015, Conservation Genetics 16: 1025–1039) using microsatellite data identified lineages within this species.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.42.10)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides gigas: 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.); Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans gigas: 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:
1940 Fitch, Henry S. A biogeographical study of the ordinoides artenkreis of garter snakes (genus Thamnophis). University of California Publications in Zoology 44():1-150
2015 Wood, Dustin A., Brian J. Halstead, Michael L. Casazza, Eric C. Hansen, Glenn D. Wylie, and Amy G. Vandergast. Defining population structure and genetic signatures of decline in the Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas): Implications for conserving threatened species within highly altered landscapes. Conservation Genetics 16():1025-1039

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