Sonoma Mountain Ecology Notes

Celebrating and Caring for the Land

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

Thamnophis elegans emerge from their winter communal hibernation in burrows and rock piles to roam solo looking for prey and breeding partners. Females are ovoviviparous, giving birth to live young who emerge from their eggs before leaving their mother.

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