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Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Reported By:
Christopher Kirby 		Time:
July 6th, 2010 - 04:15 PM
State:
Florida 		County:
Pinellas
Age:
Adult 		Sex:
Unknown
Method:
Visual Encounter

Notes

Half exposed near a foot path. Only let me get a few shots before it took off.

Photographs

Comments

Posted by Jacob Scott on Jul 12, 2010 at 10:07 PM

Pretty snake, but as Mark said, that is a little far south for the bluestripe range. That's the Florida blue phase of the eastern garter.

Posted by Mark Kenderdine on Jul 07, 2010 at 08:39 PM

great looking garter but not a blue stripe in Pinellas.
Nice!