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title: "Aquatic Garter Snake"
description: "Thamnophis atratus — Rettili. The aquatic garter snake (Thamnophis atratus) is a species of colubrid snake."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/aquatic-garter-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aquatic Garter Snake

> Thamnophis atratus — Rettili. The aquatic garter snake (Thamnophis atratus) is a species of colubrid snake.

- Scientific name: *Thamnophis atratus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 4119
- Wikidata: [Q310702](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310702)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28418](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28418)

## Names

- en: Aquatic Garter Snake
- fr: Couleuvre rayée aquatique
- nl: Aquatic garter snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (3803)

## Summary

The aquatic garter snake (Thamnophis atratus) is a species of colubrid snake. Three subspecies are currently recognized.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_garter_snake

## Photo

![Aquatic Garter Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/aquatic-garter-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29676816

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/aquatic-garter-snake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).