Garter snakes are named for their resemblance to ... include the Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix), ...

And in 2014, Mexican garter snakes were finally protected as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. After almost two decades of Center advocacy, in 2021 the Service granted northern Mexican ...

The deep limestone crevasses are also a bit of a zoological oddity in that their northern latitude makes the garter snake the only reptile known to survive happily in such a cold climate.