Black Necked Garter

Description This medium-sized snake is usually no longer than 42” long. Like other garter snakes, it is a slender dark olive-gray snake with stripes along its back and sides. It has a single orange-yellow mid-dorsal stripe (a stripe down the middle of its back) that starts out brilliant orange at the head and grades to a lighter yellow towards the end of the tail. Another cream or white stripe runs along each lower side of

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Garter Snakes – General Information

Garter snakes belong to the genus thamnophis. These are most commonly seen snakes and they live in various habitat. These snakes will have colored stripes against the checkered or plain background. Some of the snakes will have yellow or red stripes on the body. But the snake can change the color according to the surrounding in the thicket. These snakes can only grow to the length of three feet but can live up to ten

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Pet Garter Snakes

Garter snakes, often referred to as gardener snakes, are found in most regions of United States as well as Canada. These snakes are common garden snakes that soon become a favorite pet for kids and parents need not worry a lot about these reptilian pets. Let us read a bit more information related to garter snakes as pets. How to Find and Catch Wild Garter Snakes Wild garter snakes can be found under a pile

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