Western Aquatic Garter Snake

Thamnophis couchii

Habitat 3

Comments: Habitats of this highly aquatic snake include pools of permanent or seasonal streams (often rocky), meadow ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and associated riparian zones (e.g., cottonwood, willow, sycamore, alder), in areas with oak woodland, grassy valleys, chaparral, montane coniferous forest, or (east of the Sierra crest) pine-juniper-sagebrush (Rossman et al. 1996, Ernst and Ernst 2003, Stebbins 2003).

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) randomtruth, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/58096907@N00/5593459856
  2. (c) randomtruth, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/58096907@N00/6351089540
  3. (c) NatureServe, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14529166

Más información

Range Map

NaturaLista Mapa

Region Central Valley, Sierra Nevada