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A Cold Common Gartner Snake

Posted by Rose West,
North Country explorer from Canton
April 29, 2019

Out off the Kip Tract with my herpetology class, it was 39 degrees and raining. My classmates were finding amphibians such a redbacks salamanders, newts, and even a few blue spotted salamanders but I was fortunate to find the lone reptile, this lethargic garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). I got to pick him up and I think he was very appreciatative of my bodyheat.

Thamnophis sirtalis flat under small pine branch