Snakes in backyard. help identify

[joev]

two snakes were found in my backyard relatively in the same area in my about 2 acre property. i took a long pole that grabbed items and put it in a barrel and relocated them. A third one was in my backyard today and they are all the same snake. they are about 2.5 ft long and a diameter of about .75 in. I am scared and dont know if they are poisonous/dangerous. how do i find out if there is a LOT more of them? HELP PLEASE

[millertime89]

They're harmless garter snakes, please let them be.

[Ivalynfyre]

It's a garter snake, not sure what kind but it's not venomous.

[Gungirl]

Its a Garter, they are good to have around. As stated above they are not venomous or dangerous at all.

[millertime89]

They'll eat rodent pests on your property and I promise she wants less to do with you than you do with her.

[Faagatu]

Garter snakes are great to have around. They eat bugs and mice and very small rats. Actually they are venomous. They have a rear set of fangs that has venom that is designed to paralyze prey as its being swallowed. Garter Snakes dont use constriction to kill they just swallow the prey whole. I assure you tho there is almost no way to be envenomated by one because their mouth is so small and the placement of the fang makes it very difficult to bite. If you pick one up it might pop its cloaca which will smell really funky. Its a defensive move to get you to leave it alone

[Jlassiter]

Checkered Garter Snake Thamnophis marcianus

[bushsnake]

eastern or common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis...just leave them alone, they cant hurt anything or anybody, they are considered harmless

[DeesBalls]

Garter snakes are great to have around. They eat bugs and mice and very small rats. Actually they are venomous. They have a rear set of fangs that has venom that is designed to paralyze prey as its being swallowed. Garter Snakes dont use constriction to kill they just swallow the prey whole. I assure you tho there is almost no way to be envenomated by one because their mouth is so small and the placement of the fang makes it very difficult to bite. If you pick one up it might pop its cloaca which will smell really funky. Its a defensive move to get you to leave it alone

hmm... never ever have i heard of garters being rear fanged.... but then again, i know nothing of them besides they can live in groups unlike other snakes.. but outside of that, no clue... just weird that Wayne never mentioned this before.

[Jlassiter]

Depending on where the OP is located.....it could be An eastern......

[Jlassiter]

they are not rear fanged but recent studies have found toxicity in their saliva that is considered venom........same goes for kamodo dragons now as well.....

Check out this link.....

Some Notes on Wandering Garter Snakes, Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Gartersnake.info (http://www.gartersnake.info/articles/2004/some-notes-on-wandering-garter-snakes-thamnophis-elegans-vagrans.php)

[snake man12]

They are not rear fanged they have on posterior tooth. And as everybody said they kill pests and they can't hurt you.

[Faagatu]

I may be wrong. This is what I have read. I am no herpatologist so I am not certain

[snake man12]

I don't blame you there is just a lot of misinformation out ther

[Jlassiter]

I don't blame you there is just a lot of misinformation out ther

Amen.....lol

[millertime89]

they are not rear fanged but recent studies have found toxicity in their saliva that is considered venom........same goes for kamodo dragons now as well.....

Check out this link.....

Some Notes on Wandering Garter Snakes, Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Gartersnake.info (http://www.gartersnake.info/articles/2004/some-notes-on-wandering-garter-snakes-thamnophis-elegans-vagrans.php)

many monitors in fact, the delivery system is quite interesting, not what one typically thinks of and makes you wonder how many animals actually have a similar delivery system for venom that we don't know about.

I don't blame you there is just a lot of misinformation out ther

Exactly, and the more we do to combat that misinformation the better off we are.

[DeesBalls]

so.... where is Wayne on this? i am very cuirous to see what he says on this?

[infernalis]

eastern or common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis...just leave them alone, they cant hurt anything or anybody, they are considered harmless


Joe is spot on here.....:)

I keep these as pets, as do several of us here.....

They are harmless, even to very small children.

[infernalis]

so.... where is Wayne on this? i am very cuirous to see what he says on this?

Just now checking posts.