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Thamnophis elegans
Mid-sized snake with dorsal yellow stripe, lateral yellow stripes, and checkered pattern of black spots. The most common snake along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
Variable, but prefers riparian corridors along streams and rivers. This one found outside the door of Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
This feisty little one was outside the door of a church in Colorado Springs.
Spotted on Sep 10, 2012
Submitted on Dec 1, 2012
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Great photos! Please be sure to add this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project!
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