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Western black-necked garter snake

Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Photo by monicahouser
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Description:

A small, slender, dark colored snake with vertical yellow-ish white stripes.

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Species ID Suggestions

Mimosa pudica
zayer
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Comments (2)
monicahouser
Thank you for all the suggestions I think I've found a match, the western black necked garter snake: http://www.123rf.com/photo_7209979_a-western-black-necked-garter-snake-thamnophis-cyrtopsis.html
srosenthal95
I'm thinking I can possibly just make out a rostral (nose) scale indicative of patchnose snakes, Although I'm not sure on the specific species. Other striped snakes that look similar would be garter snakes and ribbon snakes if you wish to look into that but my bet would be that it was a type of patchnose.

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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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