29 Nov 2000 --- Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp
Garter and Ribbon Snakes
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This page contains photos of Garter Snakes
and Ribbon Snakes. All from south Florida. All photos taken by me. All animals alive, free and unrestrained. |
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29 Nov 2000 --- Loop Road in Big Cypress Swamp
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On the road in the evening. |
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Per Tennant the adult size of this snake averages 20 to 28 inches.
This photo was taken on the road going past the Holey Land Management Area. I saw several Garter Snakes on the road when I drove through there. Garter Snakes are the most widely distributed and most commonly seen snake in the United States. |
5 Feb 2001 -- 11:00am -- Holey Land Management Area in Everglades
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The two species pictured here -- Peninsula Ribbon and Eastern Garter -- are the
only two species of Thamnophis in south Florida. In all Florida, there
are two additional subspecies of Ribbon Snake and one additional subspecies of Garter Snake:
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East of the Mississippi River in the USA there are
four species of garter snake:
Thamnophis sirtalis throughout Eastern USA
Thamnophis brachystoma western Pennsylvania and a small part of NY
Thamnophis butleri parts of Indiana, Ohio, Mich, and Wisc
Thamnophis radix parts of Ill Wisc and Iowa
Each of these species can vary in appearance from location to location.
This is taken from Snakes of North America by Tennant and Bartlett.
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7 Feb 2003 12:22pm --- south of Florida City
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The Eastern Garter Snake also has a blue color variation.
The blue variation of the Eastern Garter is not the same as the Bluestripe Garter Thamnophis sirtalis similis. |
| The ribbon snake is very common in south Florida. It is seen both during the day and at night. |
28 June 2002 --- 12:41pm --- along Canal L31W
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This species, according to Tennant, also averages 20 to 28 inches in length.
It is my observation that the Garter Snake is a more aggressive snake than the Ribbon Snake. |
23 Oct 2002 -- 7:29pm -- southwest of Florida City, Florida
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