Combinations

• Tropidonotus ordinoides Baird & Girard, 1852: 176 [original combination]
• Eutaenia ordinoides — Baird & Girard, 1853: 300 [subsequent combination]
• Thamnophis ordinoides — Ruthven, 1908: 147 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Thamnophis leptocephala olympia Meek in Meek & Elliot, 1899: 235 [synonymised by Ruthven (1908: 147)]
  • Holotype: FMNH 486, collected by Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl E. Akeley and Edward Dodson in 1898.
  • Type locality: “Olympic Mountains”, restricted to “Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington” by Marx (1958: 494).

• Thamnophis rubristriata Meek in Meek & Elliot, 1899: 235 [synonymised by Ruthven (1908: 147)]
  • Holotype: FMNH 485, collected by Daniel Giraud Elliot, Carl E. Akeley and Edward Dodson in 1898.
  • Type locality: “Olympic Mountains”, restricted to “Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington” by Marx (1958: 494).

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Descriptions of new species of Reptiles, collected by the U. S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. First part. — Including the species from the Western coast of America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 174–177. BHL Reference page. 
• Meek, S.E. & Elliot, D.G. 1899. Notes on a collection of cold-blooded vertebrates from the Olympic Mountains. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Zoological Series 1(12): 225–236. BHL
• Ruthven, A.G. 1908. Variations and genetic relationships of the garter-snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 61: xii + 201. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Thamnophis ordinoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 October 2019.

• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Thamnophis ordinoides  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63985A12726329. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63985A12726329.en