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Title: Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Author: Henry S. Fitch
T. Paul Maslin

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

VOLUME 13, NO. 5, PP. 289-308, 4 FIGS.
FEBRUARY 10, 1961

OCCURRENCE OF THE GARTER SNAKE,
THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS,
IN THE GREAT PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS

BY

HENRY S. FITCH AND T. PAUL MASLIN

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1961
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

EDITORS: E. RAYMOND HALL, CHAIRMAN, HENRY S. FITCH,
ROBERT W. WILSON

VOLUME 13, NO. 5, PP. 289-308, 4 FIGS.
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 10, 1961

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE, KANSAS

PRINTED IN
THE STATE PRINTING PLANT
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1961

OCCURRENCE OF THE GARTER SNAKE, THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS, IN THE GREAT
PLAINS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS

BY

HENRY S. FITCH AND T. PAUL MASLIN

INTRODUCTION

The common garter snake (_Thamnophis sirtalis_) has by far the most
extensive geographic range of any North American reptile, covering
most of the continental United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from south of the Mexican boundary far north into Canada and
southeastern Alaska. Of the several recognized subspecies, the eastern
_T. s. sirtalis_ has the most extensive range, but that of _T. s.
parietalis_ in the region between the M