Common Garter Snake

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[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Bull snake? Or another constrictor with similar markings?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

It's a deceiving photograph! This little guy is about a foot long.

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Thanks once again. I told myself "that's no garter snake! the coloration's all wrong" and then wiki-ed it to be delighted by the amazing variation across type and geographic location.

Garter snakes of MY acquaintance have been dark grey with yellow lateral stripes, no figuring as in your little fellow.

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Even so, the markings are distinctive. I used to have a three-foot bull snake when I was finishing up high school, so that's why I was asking.

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

That's a garter snake? It looks HUGE! :-)