this is the common garter snake. it's probablythe most widely spread snake in north america, and is probably the most familiar snake topeople because it is a diurnal species. it hunts during the day. often seen in many habitats;forests, woodlands, especially near wetlands, but will readily visit residential yards andgardens. and it's primarily hunting earthworms and toads and invertebrates of other kind,though it will occasionally take salamanders
eastern garter snake for sale, and frogs. but it is definitely an earthwormlover. this species is thamnophis sirtalis and is an a live bearing species, so thissnake gives birth to live young. it mates in late march to mid-may, and then gives birthto somewhere between ten and forty young from july to october, though there have been documentedcases of close to eighty five babies being
born at the same time. in its northern rangesthe snake is known for the communal dens that they hibernate in together. sometimes, overa thousand snakes will be seen together in these kind of rocky crags where they hibernatetogether for the winter, and then when they emerge in the spring, they mate and then disperse.
