The have gray or brown dorsa with a light stripe along ... Telling a western ribbon snake from a plains garter snake from a common garter snake can be very challenging. Identifying a western ...

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 ...

In these shallow, ephemeral waters, species like the Mexican garter snake once carved out a precarious existence. But these highly adapted, rare animals are no match for pumping, livestock grazing, ...