Northern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis saurita septentrionalis)
Description: . It is a slender black or brown snake with three bright-yellow or white stripes on its back and sides. The head is black, with the scales alongside the mouth being white. The underside is also white or light yellow, but it is mostly white on juveniles and adults. Adult ribbon snakes are 18 to 26 inches in length.
Habitat: Ribbon snakes inhabit marshes or live near the edges of lakes, ponds, and streams.
Range: It occurs in the United States and Canada in southern Maine, southern Ontario, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, northern Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana.
Diet: Their diets include frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, small fish, and insects.
Reproduction: Northern ribbon snakes have from 3 to 26 young, which are born in late summer. The young snakes are 7 to 9 inches long and are colored the same as the adults. As most garter snakes, the mother gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous).
Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
»» Order: Squamata - Scaled Reptiles
»» Suborder: Serpentes
»» Superfamily: Colubroidea
»» Family: Colubridae - Colubrids
»» Genus: Thamnophis
»» Species: Thamnophis saurita - Common Ribbon Snakes
»» Subspecies: T.s. septentrionalis - Northern Ribbon Snake
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