Snakes
Red-sided garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis - 41-66 cm; record 123.8cm
- black-brown with 3 yellow stripes
- red bars between stripes and reddish wash on sides between scales
- lateral stripes on scale rows 2 and 3
- belly green-black
- in Ontario, only found along the Manitoba border
- keeled scales; anal scale single
- NOT AT RISK
