We were out for a walk this evening and I saw a snake that I'd never seen before. It looked very much like a garter snake, except it was almost uniformly brown. Near the head, and extending back several inches, were two paler brown stripes where you would normally see the yellow-on-green stripes of a garter, but they didn't extend the length of the snake. It also appeared to have...something...on the end of its tail. Spasmo said she thought it was a rattle, but it was clearly not a rattlesnake. I'm more inclined to think it was exposed bone from an old injury, possibly a bird attack or something. We didn't get close enough to determine either way as we would have had to practically dig it out from under a rock pile to do so.
Do garter snakes come in brown? I tried looking for a field guide to snake identification, but the only ones I could find were listed by name, not by feature, and there were no pictures. I wasn't about to read through dozens of descriptions to see if one matched.
Do garter snakes come in brown? I tried looking for a field guide to snake identification, but the only ones I could find were listed by name, not by feature, and there were no pictures. I wasn't about to read through dozens of descriptions to see if one matched.