Snakes in the garden, part 3: garter and green snakes – Sweetgum
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Previous posts in this series: Snakes in the garden, part 1: flowerbed snakelings Snakes in the garden, part 2: the black snakes Eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) and Rough green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) are occasional visitors to our garden, although their preferred habitat is probably closer to the creek that runs through a conservation…
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