Wild Snake eats toad - six photos

[infernalis]

I was going through my hard drives full of files and found this sequence of photos I took in the back yard 3 summers ago. This big gal downed a full size toad, it took her a while, so I photographed it.

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/1.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/2.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/3.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/4.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/5.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/GS/6.jpg

[SnakeyJay]

Awesome pics wayne...

[presspirate]

Great pics, I witnessed the same thing last fall. It was very cool to see.

[infernalis]

Great pics, I witnessed the same thing last fall. It was very cool to see.

Remember, I said I had pics somewhere.... found them.

[presspirate]

I do remember, I wish I could have gotten picture. That's a nice looking garter in your pictures, the ones around here are not checkered.

[Jendee]

thats cool!! I wish I could find stuff like that!! only youtube findings lol I found one just like that but the toad got away because another toad jumped on the snakes head it was some crazy stuff!!

You cant tell in your picks the toad was trying its hardest to puff up and be big lol he fought till the end!!

[marvelfreak]

Cool pics Wayne.

[stephanbakir]

Toads are beasts lol, I took my Ball python out one day so he could bask in the sun and a large toad bit onto his tail and didn't let go for like 10 mins, it didn't look like it bothered the snake, the snake was just over 5 feet long.

[guidofatherof5]

Great photos Wayne.

[shaunyboy]

great pictures wayne thanks for sharing

looks like the wee garter had quite a mouthfull there

cheers shaun