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Checkered Garter snake.

By: Myah Ritter
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Checkered Garter snake.

By: Myah Ritter

Species Description!

The Checkered garter Snake grows to 18-24 inches. It has a yellow stirpes down each side of its back. It has some yellow on its head and its belly is yellow. It has brown and yellow checkered patters on its body. It is found in the southern portions of kansas.

Species Protections

The Kansas Nongame and Endangered species conservation act and Administrative regulations applicable thereto.

Habitats

Its habitat is in grasslansd, close to rivers, lakes, ponds, springs, marshes, swamps, and flooded areas.

-cream to yellow belly; typically unmarked or with indistinct smudges. -Olive, tan, brown, or yellow-brown background dorsal coloration. -Three poorly-defined thin stripes running from behind the head onto the tail (two lateral [2nd and 3rd, rarely 4th scale rows at mid-body] and one dorsal). -The dorsal stripe is often encroached upon by the adjacent black spots giving it a jagged appearance (but not always). -A pattern of two rows of alternating dark rectangles between the dorsal and lateral stripes, forming a checkerboard effect. -The labials have black bars of varying thickness between them. -A transverse white to cream crescent-shaped blotch, bordered by black, behind each corner of the mouth. -Dark pigment on the posterior upper labials (lip scales) that matches the color of the temporals (large scales behind the postoculars [which border the eye]). -There is a pair of light spots on top of the head along the suture of the parietal scales. -The young look like the adults.

There is different colors of a checkered garter snake.

~Yellow, brown, and gray.~ blue~green

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