Why it matters: The plains garter snake is one of Ohio's most endangered reptiles. A breeding program at the zoo has helped prevent its local extinction in recent years. The pest-eating carnivores ...

One of the subspecies, red-sided garter snakes, also have red bars or spots between the dorsal and lateral stripes. Telling a western ribbon snake from a plains garter snake from a common garter ...

The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...