Friday, October 08, 2010

Garter snake in the woods for Photo Hunter

We were walking through the woods yesterday when my daughter saw this long , lengthy snake. I don't think my id is far off to call this a garter snake.It fits the description I read of a garter snake. Its pattern was one oof alternating dark and light stripes.This snake looked like it might have been about a meter [yard] long if fully stretched out, from its head to its tail. It disappeared into the ground near the base of a tree. I assume there was a hole in the ground there.




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8 comments:

Dawn Fine said...

EEEK!

Do you know what kind of snake?

Nellie from Beyond My Garden said...

Glad you had your camera. Nice shots.

jams o donnell said...

A superb take on the theme!

Anonymous said...

EEK--but a great take on this week's theme.

Unknown said...

Oh,no! Another snake! shudder :-O
Great stripes on it, though!

http://thepaganeye.blogspot.com/2010/10/photo-hunter-stripes.html

healingmagichands said...

Yep, it is a garter snake. Very nice to have around the yard as they eat earwigs and other beetles that are hard on the garden. Nice capture. . .

srp said...

I don't know what kind of snake this is but we had one in our yard and I almost stepped on it. I really don't like snakes at all! My stripes are here.

Mary said...

Nice photos! I've never been good at IDing snakes....I just keep my distance and snap the photo.