A garter snake by another color can still be a garter snake. Usually garter snakes, black rat snakes and green snakes are pretty familiar snakes and most of us can recognize them. But when Kim Mack ...

To continue a previous theme on snakes, I’ll present some additional common, non-venomous (or at least not harmful to humans) species from the area. These snakes come in a variety of sizes, colors, ...

One summer day I lifted the black plastic top of our composter and jumped back, startled — a large snake was curled up on top of the compost. The yellow stripe down the center of its dark back and two ...

The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...

DESCRIPTION: Adults of the species are considered medium-sized garter snakes, reaching about 18 to 40 inches long with a maximum length of one meter. They range in color from olive or olive brown to ...

Kevin Wells of Eugene took this photo of a garter snake while on a hike with his girlfriend in April 2010 at Fern Ridge Reservoir. “A little ways in, this relatively large and particularly colorful ...

For the western ribbon snake, it’s kind of like being the sleek, clean, fast, neat one who is constantly mistaken for a stubbier, common cousin who just happens to get around more. Western ribbon ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has challenged social media followers to spot a slithering snake lurking in the grass. The government department issued a challenge on its Facebook page to ...