Lots of Garter Snakes and Water Snakes in this area. Mostly Water Snakes.
A garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) chows down on a leopard frog (Rana pipiens). The whole process took less than ten minutes.
This snake was swimming through a small mud puddle when I found it. It was about 20 inches long and was fairly thick. The black and yellow stripes with red dashes made It easy to identify
The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is a snake indigenous to North America. Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 metre (3.3 ft) to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).
