What do Common #Gartersnakes do to survive the winter?
Although somewhat freeze tolerant, they typically head underground for the winter, seeking out holes, crevices, or other openings to get below the frost line. They are often the first snake...
Picture containing 3 baby garter snakes around a reclangular clear glass dish. The ground has various leaf litter. The top left corner has a black half globe hide with 2 snakes peaking out looking at the camera. The snake to the left is titled Soba and the snake on the Right is titled Ramen. On the right there is one more snake coming into frame looking straight ahead/to the leaft side of the image. The snake is slightly rested on the rim of the glass dish.
A baby garter snake looking at the camera perched on the second leaf stem up from the ground. The plant is a pothos with 5 leaflets visible. The ground is leaf litter with a black rectangular hide and a branch blocking the bottom right of the image.
A baby garter snake with its mouth full of a small peice of tilapia. The garter snake is in a filled blue bucket contents are not visible however a plant leaf is taking up the top right corner and the bucket has soil.
Meet the new babies! Ramen, Soba, and Udon. They live in a 55galone enclosure and use every inch of it.
I do have some wonderful updates on Linguinis enclosure but I would like to finish adding the new branches first!
#reptiles #gartersnakes #snakes
#gartersnakes are so cute and small and harmless. (Not my photo)
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#snake #dictionary #wordnerd #edutainment @spejampar.bsky.social
Snakes have friends and babysit each other's babies.
Brain scans prove they use the same social networks as humans.
Everything we thought about snakes was wrong. 🐍
#snake #Rattlesnakes #GarterSnakes #BallPythons #ProjectRattleCam #Reptiles #Canada #TheLolgic
No, they don't. Most of them are solitary. Unless #garterSnakes. 😂
The San Francisco garter snake primarily eats Pacific tree frogs (Pseudacris regilla) and California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii). They also eat immature newts, toads, small fish, worms, and even rodents.
#wildlife #nature #gartersnakes #snakes #photography
I keep moving this garter snake to safer places than sitting out on the tarp over my soil/compost delivery. The crows tend to grab garter snakes and then just kill them and leave them. #reptiles #gartersnakes
Garter snake coiled up in dry grass, showing off and flicking its tongue.
A field near our house was filled with dozens and dozens of #gartersnakes awakening from their winter sleep. #alberta
After going over five months without seeing a #reptile on land, Kiley hiked out to a place in a swamp he calls “Snake Island” to see if he could find any breeding #gartersnakes.
Cuddle pile in the basking spot definitely goes a long way to helping me forget night terrors.
#snakesofbluesky #reptiles #snake #gartersnakes
Friday #Photographer spotlight!
IOB coauthor @hippieherper.bsky.social
has #photography not to be missed!
tuckerheptinstall.weebly.com/photography-...
& read
Dietary Breadth Predicts #Toxin Expression Complexity in the #Venoms of North American #Gartersnakes
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
#science
We have an obligation to teach ALL children how to connect with nature- they are the future guardians of our planet. #nature #snakes #reptiles #planetguardians #sciart #naturelover #planetearth #gartersnakes
Were you aware that
#scientist , @hippieherper.bsky.social
co author on IOB's
Dietary Breadth Predicts Toxin Expression Complexity in the #Venoms of North American #Gartersnakes
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
is also a great #photographer?
Be sure to follow his account & read his paper.
Fresh Ink for IOB!
Dietary Breadth Predicts #Toxin Expression Complexity in the #Venoms of North American #Gartersnakes
T C Heptinstall et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
#science #biology #phenotypic #snakes #phylogenetic #ecology
The head of a gartersnake is seen sticking out of the water in a small pond, covered in floating plants and algae.
You know what day it is. #ThamnophisThursday. Show us your gartersnakes, plz. I could use some goof noodles today. #herps #snakes #gartersnakes #fitchii
Another #ThamnophisThursday! Today’s feature is this extremely pregnant Valley Gartersnake, T. sirtalis fitchii, rescued from a steep sided trench. #chonk #gartersnakes #herps #fieldbiologist #snakes
It’s Thamnophis Thursday! Oh blessed day to all who celebrate! Here is a Sierra Gartersnake (T. couchii) shortly after funking me up to high heaven. Love these “muddy” looking beauties. Madera County, CA. #herps #gartersnakes #thamnophisthursday #snakes #thamnophis
Thamnophis Thursday is a thing, right? This mucker is a Valley Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi), being released from a tadpole trap. We use tad traps to help reduce/remove invasive bullfrogs and the Valley garters are usually happy to help! #herps #snakes #thamnophisthursday #gartersnakes
Juat some random critters from around the house or seen while hiking.
#grasshoppers #gartersnakes #snakes #snails #toads #frogs #spiders #hiking
d'oh forgot hashtags. #TTRPG #DnD #GameDesign #Worldbuilding #Homebrew #TabletopGames #RPG #drevrpg #dnd5e #apocalypse #snakes #gartersnakes
This title card features two photographs. On the left is an image of a painted turtle laying eggs in its nest dug into sandy ground. On the right is an eastern garter snake, curled up in foliage.
Our second Round 2 matchup of #MarchSpeciesMadness pits two gentle and popular creatures: the defending champion Turtles of rare against the Eastern Garter Snake. Learn more about these creatures and cast your ballots at the link below.
strawpoll.com/B2ZBE6...
#Conservation #Turtles #Gartersnakes
This eastern garter snake glides across the forest floor on this warm autumn day. #gartersnake #snake #snakes #ontariowildlife #gartersnakes
