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Eastern Plains Garter - Ohio Endangered Species

Thamnophis radix

Description:

Ohio Endangered Species List? With this much orange on it is it an Eastern Plains Garter? Or can a common garter have that much orange?

Habitat:

This snake is only known to live in 2 of the 88 counties of Ohio!

Notes:

Spotted this snake on a paved road warming itself. At first thought someone ran it over. I stopped and pick it up to find wonderful orange stripes on its sides which I am not accustomed to seeing.

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Eastern Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis radix


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8 Comments

AshleyT
AshleyT 11 years ago

Very nice pictures! Please be sure to add this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1202...

Darwin26
Darwin26 12 years ago

Some birds exhibit a red and black beak much like the tongue of this snake.
Waaaay Kewl,

thank you,

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Had my wife hold this for me not knowing it was on our State's endangered list.

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Looking for an expert to confirm this find - Is it an Eastern Plains Garter, which is on Ohio's endangered species list. This is important to prove.

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Great find Greg.

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Thanks, That is what I believed also. Wanted a confirmation.

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

I believe its an Easter Plains because of where the striping on the side occurs. That is, the yellow stripe occurs over the third and fourth rows of scales which is distinctive for this species.

GregMasteller
GregMasteller 12 years ago

Can anyone tell me if this is an Eastern Plain Garter snake which is on Ohio's endangered species list? the amount of orange on sides makes me wonder?

GregMasteller
Spotted by
GregMasteller

Ohio, USA

Spotted on Oct 27, 2011
Submitted on Oct 27, 2011

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