Species

Thamnophis chrysocephalus

Thamnophis chrysocephalus · described by (COPE 1885)

Common Garter Snake, a close relative of Thamnophis chrysocephalus — Pictured: Common Garter Snake, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Thamnophis chrysocephalus
First described: (COPE 1885)
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnophis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree