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Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Check out this snakey boi friend I found in my yard!

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Check out this snakey boi friend I found in my yard!

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Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Cute little fella, soon as he spotted me he lifted up and stayed like that, motionless, looking at me as if I were rather sus!

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That’s adorable! Does anyone know what kind it is?
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  Garter snake. Probably a common ribbon snake but it could also be a Northwestern garter or one of several similar garters.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamnophis_saurita (eastern ribbon) versus
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamnophis_ordinoides (northwestern garter)

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