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I'm doing some herping on Snake Road in Shawnee National Forest (southern Illinois) this weekend and found this Eastern Garter yesterday:

Third Eye

The following day I also found this Illinois Ribbon:

As I mentioned on FHF, that is JUMBO ribbon! Nice find!
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Carl

Nice looking snakes.

The red tints on that eastern are pretty.
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Regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
Thamnophis US
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