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Didn't take any pictures, but I did handle a few to see what color the undersides were. They had 3 light yellow stripes, a dorsal stripe and two side stripes. The upper colors I have seen were a dark brown, a reddish brown, a light brown, a dark gold, and a dark yellow. All had clean looking undersides either a cream or light yellow. At first I thought they were ribbon snakes, but they were not thin like most ribbons I have seen. What is also unusual is that there were no real noticeable spots between the stripes. I've found them crossing the road and found several that were hit by cars. I've also seen blacker ones with yellow stripes, like the common garters up north, and a one Bluestripe garter. When you look up the geographical range for garters they seldom show them far down in southwest Florida.
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