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garter snake behavior
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Posted by oberhasli1 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 11, 10 at 14:28
| I live in southeastern Colorado above 7500 feet. My guinea hen spotted a snake in the grass yesterday and looked at it for the longest time. It didn't bother it, surprisingly, and when I went over to look at it, it coiled back upon itself and struck at me and then my dog. I figured it was a garter snake. I couldn't get a picture, because by the time I got in to get my camera it was gone. It was about a 15 inches long and sort of dusky-checkered looking. I looked in the reptile guide I have and it says we don't have the checkered garter snake in Colorado. My husband thinks it could have been a rattlesnake. It didn't have a rattle on its tail, but I was surprised it struck at me while I was standing quite a ways away. Will garter snakes exhibit that kind of behavior? |
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RE: garter snake behavior
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| Garter snakes can get aggressive if cornered, and many other snakes will strike at the predator. http://www.kingsnake.com/hudspeth/checkered_garter_snake.htm shows one. |
RE: garter snake behavior
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| Sounds like a Wandering Garter Snake by the description. Garter Snakes can be aggressive, though their temperament varies a lot from snake to snake. |
RE: garter snake behavior
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| Thank you for the input. I believe it was the Wandering Garter Snake. It matches the picture in my Audubon Field Guide :-) Thanks! |
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