I.D. my snakes

[shlingdawg]

My yard has been infested with these snakes. What kind are they? I threw a praying mantis in with one of them and it bit it and messed up the P.M.'s nervous system.

[donny h]

I think they're some kind of garter or water snake, I have them in my yard, I always catch and relocate them because I've seen them hunting and eating goldfish out of my pond.

They are totally mellow little guys, I'd say maybe 1 out of 20 tries to nip me, contrast that with gopher or bull snakes, who will bite me every time.

[accadacca]

Those don't look like garter snakes and they don't bite. Ask Google.

[donny h]

I found a pic, it looks like a match, it's a Western Terrestrial Garter Snake:

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/d...?recnum=AR0118

[accadacca]

I found a pic, it looks like a match, it's a Western Terrestrial Garter Snake:

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/d...?recnum=AR0118

Good call. Those look like big-uns compared to what I have seen. My 4 year old picks them up and tortures them all the time up at
Bear Lake.

[donny h]

Those look like big-uns compared to what I have seen.

Me too, maybe it's because I hunt and 86 them before they can grow large on a diet of my fish, but most of the ones I catch are around a foot long, rarely over two.

[accadacca]

The skin looks like a match. However the heads on shlings are black?

[shlingdawg]

Looks like a baby garter snake, but the ones around my house are VERY aggressive.

[Mtnman1830]

Here is one I came across at Ogden Bay... nearly 3' long

It was very passive. I was wearing sandals and didn't mess around wtih it too much, but it just hung out as I walked by.