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I happened on this guy chasing a small frog near our tank on the property. It was 57 degrees at 11:00AM and don't you think this guy would be down for the count? Also about 2 weeks ago when we had the warm weather, I also found a bull snake, patch nose and diamond back water snake of some kind---don't Texas snakes hibernate. My good friend was driving down some dirt roads in McMullen County and saw on 4 different occasions full grow rattlers crossing the road? Hello it's winter and cold what's going on with these guys??? Cheers!

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Congrats, Reptoman! Seems like you got the first two herps of the new year in one shot! That is some kind of ribbon snake I presume, Gulf coast, red stripe, or arid land ribbon. I remember a few years back when it snowed on Christmas eve, a few days after I saw a diamond backed rattler crossing the snow. Cheers back atcha'!
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Todd Hughes

I am not a snake man, but study lizards, mostly in California, so I am not as familiar with the snake fauna, So its a ribbon snake not a garter snake. Hey what do I know! Cheers!!
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no problem there, my friend, I am a snake guy that would love to learn more about lizards!
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Todd Hughes

It is most likely a Redstripe Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus. Here is you a link to a Checklist of the Snakes of Medina County.
A Checklist of the Snakes of Medina County, Texas

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Gerald Keown
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research
www.southwesternherp.com