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A threatened species for nearly a decade, the narrow-headed garter snake is getting new life and help from scientists at the Phoenix Zoo.
Tara Harris, director of conservation and science at the Phoenix Zoo, said 40 of these snakes were born at its Arthur L. and Elaine V. Johnson Conservation Center in 2022. It was by far the most since the program began in 2007, and Harris is hopeful the zoo will have another successful year.
The narrow-headed garter snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) is a non-venomous, semi-aquatic snake that is distinguished from other garter snakes of its genus by the lack of stripes along its body and its elongated, triangular head.
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