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Little Dutch
08-11-2019, 10:05
This fella (I didn't sex it, so fella is used as a general descriptor here) was lounging in the pond, maybe dining on the tadpoles. I'm almost sure I've seen this type in the area before, but I'm having trouble coming up with an id for it.

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whitewalrus
08-11-2019, 10:20
Bullsnake? That is what it looks like to me.
TEAMRICO
08-11-2019, 10:51
Trouser.....
davsel
08-11-2019, 11:05
Garter
ChickNorris
08-11-2019, 11:23
Garter

Im leaning towards Garter as well. Its on the pale side but because the checkering is near perfect & they don't all have a bright stripe.
Little Dutch
08-11-2019, 11:48
http://www.oksnakes.org/marcys-checkered-gartersnake.html

That looks pretty darned close. Thanks all.
ChickNorris
08-11-2019, 14:31
Sure thing.

Fwiw, best I can see in the photo I think your snake is female.
Irving
08-11-2019, 14:48
Sure thing.

Fwiw, best I can see in the photo I think your snake is female.

Agreed. You can tell by how it looks angry and is foaming at the mouth.

Plus, look at those curves!
jreifsch80
08-11-2019, 14:56
What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blacksnake.
Scanker19
08-11-2019, 16:16
What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blacksnake.

You owe me a new computer screen...


I’m thinking bullssanke too.
Gman
08-11-2019, 19:09
http://www.whatsnakeisthat.com/category/region/midwest/colorado/

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans?
ChickNorris
08-11-2019, 19:23
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zteknik
08-11-2019, 20:28
Tastes like chicken..[Coffee]
Gman
08-11-2019, 20:31
I actually ran across a Google Image of Thamnophis elegans (referred to as a "Mountain Garter Snake") in water eating tadpoles at Yosemite National Park.

It was linked to this article: http://mister-toad.com/blog/2012/04/09/plump-tadpoles-and-a-hungry-snake/
Scanker19
08-11-2019, 22:08
What kind of snake is this?

https://youtu.be/Ti4sqG85FU4
ChickNorris
08-11-2019, 22:09
What kind of snake is this?

https://youtu.be/Ti4sqG85FU4

I know better.
Justin
08-12-2019, 16:09
What kind of snake is this?

https://youtu.be/Ti4sqG85FU4

That link is staying blue.
spqrzilla
08-12-2019, 16:59
What kind of snake is this?

https://youtu.be/Ti4sqG85FU4

Bad snek
Gman
08-12-2019, 17:04
Speaking of snakes. Anybody else ever hear of the axle grabbing variety? Was that maybe a Texas/Southwest *thing*?
Ah Pook
08-12-2019, 18:05
What we have here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blacksnake.
It's not too bookoo(?).
Scanker19
08-12-2019, 20:41
Speaking of snakes. Anybody else ever hear of the axle grabbing variety? Was that maybe a Texas/Southwest *thing*?

We call those Graboids
TEAMRICO
08-12-2019, 20:47
I will tell him you say HI at our next Snek Meeting.......