The Naturalest Naturalist: Herps are contagious!

You may read the title and think my spelling is rubbish and my love of natural history goes right down to the virus level. Well, you'd be wrong .... Common Garter Snakes have the broadest distribution of any snake in Canada, spanning coast to coast, and I usually recognize them by their straight, yellow dorsal stripe and orange-red marks set again black. Northwestern Garter Snakes are variable (as are the other two local garter snakes) but apparently consistently show ... Continue reading

Red-sided Garter Snake Most Beautiful Tailed ~ planetanimalzone

The extremely large population of red-sided garter snakes located in central Manitoba, Canada, is one of the most adaptable reptile populations existing under extreme climatic conditions that border on the subarctic. This population is able to survive winter temperatures ... Therefore it is not surprising that the entire life history of the red-sided garter snake in Manitoba, including reproduction, must be extremely seasonal in nature. The red-sided garter snake has a very ... Continue reading

Eastern Garter Snake, Red-sided Garter Snake and Butler's Garter ...

Only Eastern Garter Snakes survive that far north here, but in western Canada the Red-sided Garter Snake is even found in the Northwest Territories, around Wood Buffalo National Park. They're among the most coldhardy ... Continue reading