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The giant garter snake is considered the largest species of garter snake known. They are also very rare to come across. They hail from the wetlands of central California, in the United States. Sadly, these snakes are threatened by habitat destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, […]

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The queen snake can be found in the eastern United States and Canada. These snakes are nonvenomous colubrids that prefer edges of lakes, canals, creeks, ponds, ditches, marshes, agricultural, and urban areas. They are an indicator species as they are found near clean, running water. Their presence is indicative of […]

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The eastern garter snake, aka common garter snake, can be found throughout Canada, United States, Mexico, and Central America. Garter snakes are nonvenomous colubrids that pose no threat to us humans or our pets. Due to their stable populations and no real threats to their survival, these snakes are listed […]

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The beautiful San Francisco garter snake can be seen in the western parts of the San Francisco peninsula, around hillsides from the San Fran. city line on south to the Crystal Springs Reservoir, and along the coast to the Año Nuevo State Nature Reserve. They prefer thick vegetation surrounding ponds […]

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