#garter snake

[monstermonger]

I stumbled across a photo (by Lindy Pollard) that fantastically mirrors a little dragon I drew a few years ago.... I can't get over this...

#pacific northwest #lindy pollard #pnw #marionberries #aaaaaaa #art #dragon #fantasy art #fantasy creatures #dragons #snakes #snake #garter snake

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis Colubridae

Photographs taken on July 28, 2023, at Marmora and Lake, Ontario, Canada.

#wildflowers of southern ontario #fauna #Garter Snake #snake #Thamnophis sirtalis #Thamnophis #Colubridae #marmora and lake #ontario #canada

[herpsandbirds]

California Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis), family Colubridae, found in California, USA

Photograph by Tim Spuckler

#garter snake #thamnophis #colubridae #snake #reptile #herpetology #north america #animals #nature

[great-and-small]

Spotted the worlds prettiest garter snake while herping. Love how his body kinda makes an infinity symbol with the way he moves. Took a few quick photos and left him to his snakey business

#snakes #garter snake #cute #animals #fauna #herpetology #herpblr

[typhlonectes]

Garter snakes make friends, organize their society around females

Finding comes from first-of-its-kind study of thousands of wild snakes

Garter snakes have something in common with elephants, orcas, and naked mole rats: They form social groups that center around females. The snakes have clear “communities” composed of individuals they prefer hanging out with, and females act as leaders that tie the groups together and guide their members’ movements, according to the most extensive field study of snake sociality ever carried out. “This is an important first step in understanding how a community of snakes is organized in the wild,” says Gordon Burghardt, an ecologist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who was not involved in the research. Other experts agree: “This is a big deal,” says integrative biologist Robert Mason of Oregon State University. “It’s a whole new avenue of research that I don’t think people have really given any thought to.” Ecologists had long assumed snakes are antisocial loners that hang out together only for core functions such as mating and hibernation. However, in 2020, Morgan Skinner, a behavioral ecologist at Wilfrid Laurier University, and collaborators showed in laboratory experiments that captive garter snakes have “friends”—specific snakes whose company they prefer over others. Still, studies of wild snakes were lacking “because they’re so secretive and difficult to find,” Skinner says...

Read more: https://www.science.org/content/article/garter-snakes-make-friends-organize-their-society-around-females

#garter snake #snake #animal behavior #animals #nature #herpetology #reptile #north america #science

[sorrcha]

garter snake & rhododendron

#art #digital art #animal #snake #colubrid #garter snake #eastern garter snake #snakeblr #species portrait #hall of fame #patreon supporters saw this one as a WIP last week! :] #btw if anyone has any good scale texture brushes for CSP pls let me know.. drawing every scale by hand was soooo tedious lmao

[omg-snakes]

I was so, so lucky to meet a very special trio of snakes for a class I'm taking on methods in field ecology. One of my two professors is a specialist in garter snakes and was kind enough to bring three different species in for us to compare in person and observe up close. The first was the gorgeous common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, pictures above. She was so calm and well-mannered!

Next was this tiny (by comparison) T. elegans dude, a western garter snake, who was wary of the camera but very patient about being passed around by a group of excited college students. He matched my classmate's sweater perfectly!

Finally, an endangered and incredibly precious T. gigas, the giant garter snake. She's about half of her maximum adult size, so a giant indeed! She musked and peed a bit but for the most part this gojira-faced beauty was pretty chill. We got to observe a full work-up for her including documenting records and microchipping.

She's one of the last of her species. Despite Herculean efforts by her protectors and conservation experts (mostly just one man and his dedicated team), this is a very difficult species to observe in the wild and their habitats are disappearing faster than their need for prioritization of protection in a given area can be assessed. These snakes rely on riparian habitat near rivers, which is also unfortunately a favorite for human development. At this time we don't know how exactly many giant garter snakes are left or whether their current populations are stable.

Today we got to visit their marshland habitat and watch these three go back to the place where they were caught. It was a huge honor and something I'll carry with me forever.

#snake #snakes #reptile #reptiles #reptiblr #garter snakes #garter snake #native species #we put that thing back where it came from or so help me #so help me! #science #ecology #endangered species #giant garter snake #western garter snake #common garter snake #when i got home i ate a salad so big that it made me sleepy

[headspace-hotel]

oh. a little friend.

Why so fat tho?

#snakes #snake #garter snake #wildlife #animals #🥺😭

[emmatheward]

- Daisy the garter snake.

#Daisy #Melvin #Garter Snake #Toad

[claypigeonpottery]

just carved this week

#garter snake #snake art #snake #pottery #ceramics #ceramic #ceramic art #sgraffito #carving

[callmebliss]

A friend! In the pumpkin patch!!

And wearing a VERY fine hat indeed

#snake #garter snake #friend shaped

[corvidsofthedeep]

No Context Crow #300: Snake V.S. Crow

Photos taken by Larry Hubbell.

#crows #corvids #corvidae #birds #animals #snakes #garter snake #reptiles #serpents #sneks #photos #photo #photography #nature photography #nature #wild animals #fight fight fight #has credit #daily crows #crow queue #No Context Crow No. 300

[herpsandbirds]

San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia), juvenile, family Colubridae, found in coastal California, USA

ENDANGERED.

Photograph by Garter Kings

#garter snake #thamnophis #colubridae #snake #reptile #herpetology #nature #animals #north america

[korva-the-raven]

I made a new friend today...🐍

A Red-sided garter snake.

Small and cute. Kept em in my pocket for awhile and then returned em to the creek.

They don't really bite, but will musk on you, which is like a pee/poop mixture they let out and makes you stink.

So chill too. I did not get musked lol.

#friendship

#snake #garter snake #reptile #herpetology #herpetology nerd #ravencore #nature #witch #cryptid #crowcore #naturecore #gremlincore #nerd

[ravensvalley]

#GarterSnake

They are so common in our local habitat that we almost stepped on it. This one is like 20 inches and can grow up to 50 inches in length. A good thing their saliva is not dangerous at all for humans but to amphibians and other small animals, it's quite toxic.

#Garter Snake #Snake #Reptile #Nature Photography #Wildlife Photography #Animal photography #Wildlife #Photography #Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere #Canada #The RavenKeeper

[vintagewildlife]

Eastern garter snake By: Chris Mattison From: A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets 1994

#garter snake #colubrid #snake #reptile #1994 #1990s #Chris Mattison #A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets