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Look what I found!

bekers71

bekers71

What addiction?!
OK I know it's not some really cool rare snake. But it was pretty neat that I found it in my back yard and actually caught it. I'm pretty sure this is an eastern ribbon snake. If I am wrong some one please correct me. Apparently it's been feeding well and was roughly 18 inches long. So after a quick photo shoot it was released right back where I found it. I can say one thing for sure, this snake stunk!! Ewww! :puke01:And it liked to musk so that's why I kept the glove on. LOL

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Nice! It's some sort of garter or ribbon. I don't have a book here at work. Musk is their trademark, though!
 
Nice catch and release! Love to catch um, but hate to be musked by them. A lot of the snakes around here do the same. Ever smelled coachwhip musk? Yuck! Even KS musk is a killer when WC.

You are right about him eating well. Nice and plump all the way around. How much time do you think they have before they start brumating.
 
Bex,
That almost looks like Thamnophis sauritus the eastern Ribbon snake.
I have looked at photos at the Thamnophis you have in your state and there are 4.
Thamnophis proximus Western Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis radix Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis sauritus Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake

Now the question, do you live in any of these counties?

This is where Thamnophis sauritus is found in your state.
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The_Thunderer said:
Nice catch and release! Love to catch um, but hate to be musked by them. A lot of the snakes around here do the same. Ever smelled coachwhip musk? Yuck! Even KS musk is a killer when WC.

You are right about him eating well. Nice and plump all the way around. How much time do you think they have before they start brumating.
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Thanks Fred. I'm not real sure about brumation with this species. But it is cooling down now and I suspect most will be going down some time November time frame.

tricksterpup said:
Bex,
That almost looks like Thamnophis sauritus the eastern Ribbon snake.
I have looked at photos at the Thamnophis you have in your state and there are 4.
Thamnophis proximus Western Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis radix Plains Gartersnake
Thamnophis sauritus Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sirtalis Common Gartersnake

Now the question, do you live in any of these counties?

This is where Thamnophis sauritus is found in your state.
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Thanks for the info Jim.
Actually I live right by the purple areas, circle spot.
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snakemom1961 said:
It could be a Ribbon snake, but it also could be a Butler's garter snake.
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Yes but butlers are not native to her state.
Bex, I would contact your DNR or This this site. They may want to know this information. This how they are able to track where animals are in what counties. This might be a great sign and good discovery.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/amprep/ilspecies.html

You took well enough photos to help someone in the know, better than I, to identify this snake.
 
tricksterpup said:
Yes but butlers are not native to her state.
Bex, I would contact your DNR or This this site. They may want to know this information. This how they are able to track where animals are in what counties. This might be a great sign and good discovery.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/amprep/ilspecies.html

You took well enough photos to help someone in the know, better than I, to identify this snake.
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That was going to be my next question for you, if I should report it. Thanks for the help. I will contact them.
 
I too would contact the local DNR. I tried to look up the snakes in your area, but all I came up with was venomous snakes in your area. As much as it looks like a Butlers to me I'd contact the DNR for possitive ID. Good Luck!
 
snakemom1961 said:
I too would contact the local DNR. I tried to look up the snakes in your area, but all I came up with was venomous snakes in your area. As much as it looks like a Butlers to me I'd contact the DNR for possitive ID. Good Luck!
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I researched the butlers snake and I think you may be right. Even though it resembles a ribbon it looks more like the butlers. A message has already been sent to the DNR with pics attached. Hopefully they get back to me this week. I will let you guys know what they said when I hear from them.

Thanks!
 
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