Natomas basin giant gartersnake annual monitoring report 2024
Nguyen, Allison; Rose, Jonathan; Jordan, Anna C.; Napolitano, Giancarlo; Schoenig, Elliot; Macias, Daniel; Reyes, Gabriel A.; Halstead, Brian
The giant gartersnake ( Thamnophis gigas ) is a semi aquatic snake endemic to the Central Valley of California. After losing 95 percent of its historic wetland habitat (Frayer and others, 1989), giant gartersnakes became state and federally listed as a threatened species (California Fish and Game Commission, 1971; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1993, 1999). Continued monitoring of current populations and implementation of suggested management actions is necessary to recover the species. The Nato