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Butler's Garter Snake Thamnophis butleri

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<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler%27s_garter_snake">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of snake</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Butler's garter snake</b> (<i><b>Thamnophis butleri</b>)</i> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subfamily" title="Subfamily">subfamily</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natricinae" title="Natricinae">Natricinae</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubridae" title="Colubridae">Colubridae</a>. The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a> <i>butleri</i> is in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithology" title="Ornithology">ornithologist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Butler" title="Amos Butler">Amos Butler</a> (1860–1937) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookville,_Indiana" title="Brookville, Indiana">Brookville, Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>Thamnophis butleri</i> is found in northwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, northeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, the eastern portion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Lower Peninsula of Michigan">Lower Peninsula</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, and the adjacent extreme southern tip of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. Also, a disjunct population is found in southeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conant_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conant-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_and_identification">Description and identification</h2></div> <p><i>Thamnophis butleri</i> is a small, slender snake, averaging 38–51 cm (15–20 in) in total length (tail included), with three yellow to orange stripes along the length of its body. The background color can range from olive-brown to black, and it may also be possible to discern two rows of dark spots between the side and back stripes. These features do little to distinguish it from most other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter_snakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Garter snakes">garter snakes</a> species, but the placement of the lateral, or side, stripes is unique to this species. In Butler's garter snake the lateral stripes are centered on the third scale row up from the ventral scales, and they also overlap the adjacent second and fourth scale rows. This contrasts with the lateral stripe placement of other garter snake species. </p> <p>For those hoping to avoid getting close enough to inspect the position of the lateral stripe, other features may help in their identification. The head is unusually small for a garter snake, and, when excited, the effort this snake expends to escape seems to go more towards thrashing in place than to getting away. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2></div> <p>Butler's garter snake inhabits moist, grassy, open canopy areas, such as meadows, wet prairies, marshes, savannas, and grasslands. Like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtland%27s_Snake" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirtland's Snake">Kirtland's snake</a>, it may also be found in grassy vacant lots in suburban and residential areas. The species can often be found under rocks, logs, trash, and boards. It subsists on a diet of mainly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm" title="Earthworm">earthworms</a>, but it may also eat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech" title="Leech">leeches</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander" title="Salamander">salamanders</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog" title="Frog">frogs</a>. The species <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation" title="Hibernation">hibernates</a> communally, often with other garter snake species. Butler's garter snake is a relatively short-lived species, and it reaches sexual maturity in its second spring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>Thamnophis butleri</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovoviviparous">ovoviviparous</a>. Mating takes place in late March and early April. The young are born in June or July, in broods of four to 14.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newborns are 13–18 cm (5.1–7.1 in) long.<sup id="cite_ref-Conant_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conant-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservation_status">Conservation status</h2></div> <p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, Butler's garter snake is listed as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered species</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-312iac_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312iac-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, the species is also listed as endangered.<sup id="cite_ref-OntMNR_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OntMNR-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Muir_Smith" title="Hobart Muir Smith">Smith, H.M.</a>, and <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Darrel_Brodie_Jr." class="extiw" title="species:Edmund Darrel Brodie Jr.">E.D. 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(<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, pp. 146–147).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Drinker_Cope" title="Edward Drinker Cope">Cope</a> (1889).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens" title="Bo Beolens">Beolens, Bo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)" title="Michael Watkins (zoologist)">Michael Watkins</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grayson" title="Michael Grayson">Michael Grayson</a> (2011). <i>The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles</i>. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5">978-1-4214-0135-5</a>. (<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, p. 44).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conant-4"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conant_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conant_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Conant_(herpetologist)" title="Roger Conant (herpetologist)">Conant, Roger</a>. (1975). <i>A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Second Edition</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. xviii + 429 pp. + Plates 1–48. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-395-19979-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-395-19979-4">0-395-19979-4</a> (hardcover), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-395-19977-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-395-19977-8">0-395-19977-8</a> (paperback). (<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, p. 161 + Plate 23 + Map 113).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Patterson_Schmidt" title="Karl Patterson Schmidt">Schmidt, K.P.</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delbert_Dwight_Davis" title="Delbert Dwight Davis">D.D. Davis</a>. (1941). <i>Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada</i>. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. (<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, pp. 251–252).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-312iac-6"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-312iac_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <cite id="CITEREFIndiana_Legislative_Services_Agency2011" class="citation cs2">Indiana Legislative Services Agency (2011), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/">"312 IAC 9-5-4: Endangered species of reptiles and amphibians"</a>, <i>Indiana Administrative Code</i><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 Apr</span> 2012</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Indiana+Administrative+Code&rft.atitle=312+IAC+9-5-4%3A+Endangered+species+of+reptiles+and+amphibians&rft.date=2011&rft.au=Indiana+Legislative+Services+Agency&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in.gov%2Flegislative%2Fiac%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButler%27s+garter+snake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OntMNR-7"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OntMNR_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <cite id="CITEREFOntario_Ministry_of_Natural_Resources" class="citation cs2">Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150904144004/https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/butlers-gartersnake"><i>Butler's Gartersnake</i></a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/butlers-gartersnake">the original</a> on 4 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 Apr</span> 2013</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Butler%27s+Gartersnake&rft.au=Ontario+Ministry+of+Natural+Resources&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ontario.ca%2Fenvironment-and-energy%2Fbutlers-gartersnake&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AButler%27s+garter+snake" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Behler" title="John L. Behler">Behler, J.L.</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Wayne_King" title="Frederic Wayne King">F.W. King</a> (1979). <i>The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians</i>. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-50824-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-50824-6">0-394-50824-6</a>. (<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, p. 664 + Plate 529).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Drinker_Cope" title="Edward Drinker Cope">Cope, E.D.</a> (1889). "On the <i>Eutæniæ</i> of southeastern Indiana". <i>Proceedings of the United States National Museum</i> <b>11</b>: 399–401. (<i>Eutænia butleri</i>, new species, p. 399).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Powell_(herpetologist)" title="Robert Powell (herpetologist)">Powell, R.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Conant_(herpetologist)" title="Roger Conant (herpetologist)">R. Conant</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_T._Collins" title="Joseph T. Collins">J.T. Collins</a> (2016). <i>Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition</i>. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-544-12997-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-544-12997-9">978-0-544-12997-9</a>. (<i>Thamnophis butleri</i>, pp. 426–427 + Plate 42).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hazen_Wright" title="Albert Hazen Wright">Wright, A.H.</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Allen_Wright" title="Anna Allen Wright">A.A. Wright</a> (1957). <i>Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada</i>. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (<i>Thamnophis radix butleri</i>, pp. 816–820, Figure 236 + Map 58 on p. 763).</li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output 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Common Names

Unknown Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Colubridae

Genus: Thamnophis

Species: Butler's Garter Snake Thamnophis butleri

Conservation Status

least concern (LC)