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Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Photo by Cheryl Lee
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Common Garter Snake

Habitat:

There is a large population that live in my garden. They particularly like to hang out around my fish pond on the rock border, patiently waiting for an inattentive frog.

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Comments (9)
KarenL
Lovely first spotting! Welcome to Project Noah, Cheryl!
Cheryl Lee
Thank you, I really love these gentle little snakes.
ChimeTsetan
the flickering crimson tongue is amazingly captured. :) bravo..

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedNovember 6, 2011

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