The giant garter snake is one of North America's largest native snakes, reaching up to 64 inches in length and endemic to California's Central Valley, where it originally inhabited natural wetlands.

DESCRIPTION: The giant garter snake reaches up 64 inches in length. Individual snakes vary in color from brownish to olive, with a checkered pattern of black spots, a yellow stripe down the center of ...

There are species of garter snake, such as the giant garter snake, T. gigas, where some measure nearly 6 feet long. These snakes are harmless because they are nonvenomous, but they do have mild ...

THE world's biggest snake in captivity has died aged 35 after growing to 26ft and 300lbs. Tributes poured in for Goldie following her death, describing her as a "gentle giant". Goldie died at the ...