Original Photo: Flickr user Silvain de Munck Used under Creative Commons license.
We need those who supervise us to have an understanding and appreciation of those species which were here before supervision was needed. Endangered species need to be protected by those who have the power to protect them. April Vargas understands this. Few in power these days do.
– George Cattermole
The San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) pictured above is found only in San Mateo County and bits of far nothern Santa Cruz County. This subspecies of the common garter snake is considered one of the most colorful snakes in the world. Classified as endangered since 1967, only 1,000-2,000 individuals are predicted to remain.
Find out more about San Francisco Garter Snakes and efforts to protect them on Wikipedia , Don Robertson from Monterrey’s website, or the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Save the San Francisco garter snake: restore Sharp Park. There’s a ten minute video at
http://www.restoresharppark.org
that will explain how the SF garter snake and California red legged frog are being harmed, and what you can do about it.