Reptiles Magazine
San Mateo County Planning Commission approves environmental enhancement project for the snake.
May 24, 2021
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia), a subspecies of
Thamnophis sirtalis that is only known to exist on the San Francisco Peninsula in San Mateo County, got a boost in it habitat May 22 when the San Mateo County Planning Commission approved an environmental enhancement project for the snake.
Working with the land conservation agency Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the San Mateo Resource Conservation District, a total of 16.7 acres of the snake’s habitat as well as that of its main prey, the California red-legged frog, will be improved. The 16.7 acres are part of a 65-acre plot of undeveloped farmland. It will be called the The Butano Farms San Francisco Garter Snake Habitat Enhancement Project. The plot is located in Pescadero on unicorporated land owned by POST.