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Hi I cought this snake in the Eldorado National Forest right dead in the midle of Sopiago creek can anyone help me with an I.D.? There is one picture below and the link has several other pictures. I was told by a friend at work it was a type of water snake "maybe" but a look at the field guide did not help. Also this snake either ait somthing big or is gravid any thoughts? thanks in advance for the help.

SNAKE PICTURES HELP??!!??!!??!!

I don't think it is a watersnake (Nerodia ssp.), I would rather call it a garter (Thamnophis ssp.). I believe it to be gravid. Sorry I can't be more help, I don't know western snakes terribly well and don't hve a field guide on hand.

Cam Hanna
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"I'm tired of being a wannabe bowler! I wanna be a bowler!!"
-- Homer Simpson

Thanks I to thought it was some sort of Garter when I found it but I have never observed a Garter Snake with these colors and or paterns. He/She did deficate thismorning but all I see is the white cacium nothing ells and its belly is still as big as it was yesterday so maybe it is gravid. Anyone ells have any ideas? I will post on the Garter Foum and see if I get any hits. Thanks agan.

That is a garter snake...It looks like the sierra garter, thamnophis couchi.... It does not look gravid, just looks like it had a large meal. If the snake was gravid, the swelling would be closer to the tail.

NP
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

Yup, that's a garter, and if you have it in a cage, watch it closely, because pretty soon, that cage is gonna need one heckuva cleaning. That ain't gravidity, it's "my eyes were bigger than my stomach".

~~Greg~~