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Color and Pattern Variations in Eastern Garter Snakes
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Old 07-12-2014, 10:41 AM   #1
tspuckler
Color and Pattern Variations in Eastern Garter Snakes

These were all found this week within a 500 foot radius at a boardline that I have in NE Ohio. I've probably seen 50-60 individual garter snakes there (as well as a few Eastern Milks and DeKay's). The photos give an idea as to some of their different "looks."















 
Old 07-12-2014, 10:50 AM   #2
HeavenHell
I wish we had a bit more variety here. We get some with red and some really pretty bright yellows but that's about it.
 
Old 07-12-2014, 12:25 PM   #3
Amanda47
I love their angry eyebrows
 
Old 07-16-2014, 08:48 AM   #4
Pareeeee
Great pics, very interesting!

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I love their angry eyebrows
Haha me too! For some reason their eyes remind me of eagles and hawks.
 
Old 09-07-2014, 05:46 PM   #5
Isoldael
I really like the lighter one in the 5th picture
 
Old 09-07-2014, 09:22 PM   #6
ravendance
I love all of them!!! I really don't have room for another snake *little tiny voice in my head is saying "yes you do!* Having a hard time trying to figure out if I can legally keep one here though...(NY)
 
Old 09-08-2014, 05:23 AM   #7
Nanci
Very cool!
 
Old 11-27-2014, 03:10 PM   #8
Spurticus
Question for anyone who has been around Garter Snakes a lot:

I grew up and lived in the Upstate South Carolina area until a few years ago.
I have been fascinated with snakes of all kind since I was old enough to
remember anything about my childhood. I used to catch Garter snakes up
there all the time and all the ones I used to catch looked like the ones in
the second photo from the top. The dark greenish tint with "yellowish / light
green" stripes.
12 years ago I moved to the midlands SC (Columbia) area and even though
I don't go out on literal herping trips, there's a couple of areas down here
where I walk around or drive around during the spring and summer and find
all kinds of snakes. This past summer I was driving around one of those
roads later in the morning and ran up on a snake that was lying about half
way in the road and into the grass along the side of the road. I stopped and
got out to see what kind it was. Looked like a Garter snake but it was extremely
dark / almost black, with vivid white stripes. Never saw one that dark or that
white with the stripes. .... About my question though

Has anyone ever experienced a Garter snake that lay on the ground totally
stiff ? ..... I went over to this snake and it didn't move and bent down to
see if it was dead. I moved it with my finger and the entire body moved like
rigor mortis had set in. My first thought was that it had been run over and
crawled to this point and died, until I noticed the tongue flicker !?! At that
point I decided to pick it up and check it for life .... As soon as I touched this
thing with a motion to grasp it, it immediately became lost the rigidity and
lifelessness and made a U Turn towards the grass and was GONE !

Just wanted to know if anyone had witnessed that kind of behavior in Garters
or any other kind of snake before ?
 
Old 12-13-2014, 06:49 PM   #9
demonss
Ravendance it is illegal to keep native species here in NY I would love to have an eastern milk but can't keep natives.
 

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