Summary description from Wikipedia:

Thamnophis elegans in languages:

Danish

Akvatisk Strømpebåndssnog

English

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

English

Terrestrial Gartersnake

English

Coast Garter Snake

English

Coast Gartersnake

French

Couleuvre de l'Ouest

French

Couleuvre jarretière des montagnes

German

Bergstrumpfbandnatter

Portuguese

Cobra-liga-costeira

Russian

Стройная подвязочная змея

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Parent Taxon

• Thamnophis

Sibling Taxa

• Thamnophis atratus
• Thamnophis bogerti
• Thamnophis brachystoma
• Thamnophis butleri
• Thamnophis chrysocephalus
• Thamnophis conanti
• Thamnophis copei
• Thamnophis couchii
• Thamnophis cyrtopsis
• Thamnophis elegans
• Thamnophis eques
• Thamnophis errans
• Thamnophis exsul
• Thamnophis foxi
• Thamnophis fulvus
• Thamnophis gigas
• Thamnophis godmani
• Thamnophis hammondii
• Thamnophis lineri
• Thamnophis marcianus
• Thamnophis melanogaster
• Thamnophis mendax
• Thamnophis nigronuchalis
• Thamnophis ordinoides
• Thamnophis postremus
• Thamnophis proximus
• Thamnophis pulchrilatus
• Thamnophis radix
• Thamnophis rossmani
• Thamnophis rufipunctatus
• Thamnophis saurita
• Thamnophis scalaris
• Thamnophis scaliger
• Thamnophis sirtalis
• Thamnophis sumichrasti
• Thamnophis unilabialis
• Thamnophis validus

Child Taxa

• Thamnophis elegans elegans
• Thamnophis elegans hueyi
• Thamnophis elegans terrestris
• Thamnophis elegans vagrans

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