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PeTTa
07-23-16, 11:52 AM
I know this may be the wrong place for this post but nonetheless i am looking for assistance.SSpotted near parry sound Ontario Canada.
Pareeeee
07-23-16, 03:19 PM
Eastern Garter (harmless). A common sight here.
Albert Clark
07-23-16, 10:37 PM
Yep! Looks like a T.s.s. ( thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis). Eastern garter snake.
sattva
07-23-16, 10:44 PM
He's got the checkered thing going so wouldn't he be a checkered garter?
Pareeeee
07-24-16, 11:40 AM
He's got the checkered thing going so wouldn't he be a checkered garter?

Eastern Garters (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) vary greatly in appearance. Here are two separate Easterns I have found in two different counties in Ontario.

http://i.imgur.com/0S8klXt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mmCnsJI.jpg
macandchz
07-25-16, 01:26 PM
pareee, hard to believe that they are both garters.
RAD House
07-25-16, 01:52 PM
He's got the checkered thing going so wouldn't he be a checkered garter?

The range of checkered garters is no where near Ontario.
Ian of Oldham
07-25-16, 04:52 PM
The best one that I have sen is in the jungle not in a viv