Giant Garter Snake Habitat Ecosystem Initiative

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL

www.werc.usgs.gov — Radio transmitters, passively induce transponder (PIT) tags, visual surveys, and other methods and techniques are being evaluated to determine the habitat use and life history characteristics of the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), a species endemic to Central Valley wetlands and federally listed as threatened. Radio transmitters, passively induce transponder (PIT) tags, visual surveys, and other methods and techniques are being evaluated to determine the habitat use and life history characteristics of the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), a species endemic to Central Valley wetlands and federally listed as threatened. Less...