Seen in my backyard. Northeastern Ohio. About 2-3 feet long.
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What is this snake?
bsmarbles
May 10, 2006 07:31 PM
Replies (8)
Hotshot
May 10, 2006 07:38 PM
Eastern Garter snake. Totally harmless.
Brian
>>Seen in my backyard. Northeastern Ohio. About 2-3 feet long.
>>Link
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath"(KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
RACERS
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
KINGS
1.1 California king snake "Bandit" & "Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.1 Prairie king snakes "Bishop" & "Askani" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.1 Desert Kingsnake "Psylocke"
0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"
0.1 Speckled Kingsnake "Haven" (MO locale)
2.0 Eastern kings
MILKS
2.0 Eastern/red Milk intergrade "Cable" and "Omega Red" (KY locale)
BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"
1.0 Kankakee bull (Phil Peak stock)
Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian
Hotshot
May 10, 2006 07:43 PM
Here is a good link for the reptiles of Ohio.
Brian
http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Resources/reptiles/reptiles.htm
>>Eastern Garter snake. Totally harmless.
>>Brian
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>>>>Seen in my backyard. Northeastern Ohio. About 2-3 feet long.
>>>>Link
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>>RATS
>>1.0 Corn snake "Warpath"(KY locale)
>>1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
>>1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
>>1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
>>1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
>>0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
>>1.0 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
>>1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)
>>1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
>>
>>RACERS
>>1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
>>
>>KINGS
>>1.1 California king snake "Bandit" & "Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
>>1.1 Prairie king snakes "Bishop" & "Askani" (KY locale)
>>0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
>>0.1 Desert Kingsnake "Psylocke"
>>0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"
>>0.1 Speckled Kingsnake "Haven" (MO locale)
>>2.0 Eastern kings
>>
>>MILKS
>>2.0 Eastern/red Milk intergrade "Cable" and "Omega Red" (KY locale)
>>
>>BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
>>0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"
>>1.0 Kankakee bull (Phil Peak stock)
>>
>> Good luck and Happy Herping
>>Brian
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath"(KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
RACERS
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
KINGS
1.1 California king snake "Bandit" & "Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.1 Prairie king snakes "Bishop" & "Askani" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.1 Desert Kingsnake "Psylocke"
0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"
0.1 Speckled Kingsnake "Haven" (MO locale)
2.0 Eastern kings
MILKS
2.0 Eastern/red Milk intergrade "Cable" and "Omega Red" (KY locale)
BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"
1.0 Kankakee bull (Phil Peak stock)
Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian
SlitheringHerps
May 10, 2006 07:39 PM
Looks like an old Garter snake. Someone with a bit more knowledge of the snakes in your area could probably shed some more light on it.
Greg Longhurst
May 10, 2006 09:09 PM
It may just be the camera angle, but I'd say there's a good chance you'll be seeing a lot more garter snakes in your yard soon. That one looks gravid.
~~Greg~~
Dexter6185
May 10, 2006 09:45 PM
kinda looks like a Plains Garder, T. radix, and a fat one at that! I don't have my field guide handy so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Later
Dexter6185
May 10, 2006 09:47 PM
>>kinda looks like a Plains Garder, T. radix, and a fat one at that! I don't have my field guide handy so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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>>Later
ssssnakeluver
May 10, 2006 09:55 PM
its an eastern garter.... Plains have the side stripe up on scale rows 3 and 4...the stripes on the back and side are more distinct also. That also looks like a gravid female.
Dexter6185
May 15, 2006 01:29 PM
>>its an eastern garter.... Plains have the side stripe up on scale rows 3 and 4...the stripes on the back and side are more distinct also. That also looks like a gravid female.
