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Snake eating frog

Photo by cbet-camper17
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Field Notes

Description:

Found a snake eating a frog.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Gartersnake

Thamnophis sirtalis
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Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
Hello @sbet. "Serpentes" is the "suborder" for snakes, not really the same thing as a scientific name. The scientific name is a genus name followed by a species name in this form: "Genus species". An example would be Thamnophis sirtalis, which may be what's in this spotting (eastern garter snake).

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