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This snake was spotted under the office door of Charles Darwin Foundation Executive Director, Swen Lorenz, last week!
According to the documentation I found at (http://www.adventure-life.com/galapagos/...), the only striped snake on Santa Cruz is the non-venomous Striped Galapagos Snake. The Banded Galapagos Snake is endemic to Pinzon, Isabela, and Fernandina. I did see a striped snake over by dorm #14, and it very much did have the appearance of some of the garter snakes we have in the United States. Cheers!
Congratulations on this spotting, James! Wherever feral cats roam, Galapagos snakes are very vulnerable. It's great to know that around the CDF they are doing ok. - The miky eye of this snake (if that is what it is) may indicate that it is about to shed its skin. Maybe that is why she went for cover?
Spotted on May 27, 2013
Submitted on May 27, 2013
