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Eastern blackneck garter snake

Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus

Photo by scuba.fork
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow/black snake. Maybe a bullsnake? Probably about 15-18" long.

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Blackneck garter snake

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
AshleyT
Great find! 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/12027210
MitchRay
Looks like an Eastern Blackneck Garter Snake, Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
ClementDufour
Looks like some sort of gartner snake based on the yellow line on its back.

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PublishedOctober 31, 2011

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