Common Garter Snake

Hi Barbara. You can just add that species name to the field "Scientific name" after clicking on "Edit this spotting". You don't really need to suggest the name on your own spotting, although I guess you could if you wanted to see if others endorsed the suggestion. But if you are convinced that it is indeed that species, you can just add it in directly. You may of course want to suggest a species ID for other users' unidentified spottings, One more tip. If there is already a species suggestion, don't make another identical suggestion, simply click on the plus sign to vote for it. You may of course offer a different suggestion if there is already a suggestion that you don't agree with...Cheers

Since you have identified this by its common name, why not add the scientific name Thamnophis sirtalis, to the space reserved for this, to complete the identification. :-)