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i got the call last night from my mother-in-law asking if snakes eat other snakes or if what she was watching was mating. from her discription it sounded like one was eating the other. then i got the pictures today and i still think that. the pictures where taken in edgewood which is 15 minuts east of alburquerque NM. i have lived here for only a year so i dont know what either of those snakes are maybe some one can ID them for me

here are a few pics

sorry for the graphic blurry one but this leads me to believe that the small one is a meal and not a mate

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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)

That's a garter snake attempting to eat a lined snake (Tropidoclonium). Not sure the exact species of garter-does not appear to be a blackneck, and definitely not a checkered. Sirtalis ssp.?
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

The garter looks like a wandering to me.That's definitely a feeding happening! Jeff

that's a wandering garter snake eating a lined snake.

Excellent photo series, thanks for posting it.

Yeah, that's definitely a wandering garter attempting to eat a lined snake.
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1.2.6 Thamnophis elegans vagrans
0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia
1.1 Natrix maura

i thought you all might enjoy that, thanks for all your comments it seems like everyone agree on what they are too so thanks!
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (Babe)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer)
1.0 norm corn (Jake)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella)
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Torpaz & Saphira)