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Eastern Ribbon Snake

Thamnophis sauritus

Description:

A foot and a half long. Dark with yellow stripe. Red tongue. Able to go in water.

Habitat:

Rivers, lakes and marshlands.

Notes:

Cooking garter snake?

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 11 years ago
Eastern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sauritus http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/thasau.htm


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2 Comments

PaulBeaudry
PaulBeaudry 11 years ago

Thanks Liam!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

That would be my uneducated guess. My field guide is less helpful than I had hoped. My guess is based on the contrast of the markings.

PaulBeaudry
Spotted by
PaulBeaudry

Gatineau, Québec, Canada

Spotted on Aug 24, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2012

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