This habitat had some artificial cover and is a good place to find Coast Garter Snakes.
It's also got Santa Cruz Garters like this one, which was probably born last year.
A young Coast Garter that has yet to develop any red.
This pond is a good place for Santa Cruz Garters.
A SC Garter basking on dried cattails.
A giant Santa Cruz Garter Snake.
Easily the largest I've ever seen.
Her head reminded me of a Water Snake.
Orange Coast Garter from the same pond.
Another pic of the snake shown above.
Typical Coast Garters look like this.
A Coast Garter with nice red coloration.
I took a road trip to the Bay Area of San Francisco.
There were plenty of these cool-looking Aquatic Intergrade Garter Snakes.
There were a lot of Coast Garters as well.
Here's one crossing a hiking trail.
Though adults almost always have red or orange, this one was brown.
My favorite Garter Snake of the trip was this California Red-sided.
He was a good-looking dude.
It was a pretty good trip for finding Garter Snakes!
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