WANDERING GARTER SNAKE

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Characteristics: * A dull brown to greenish body color * Black bars on lips * Brown head with yellow spots * Yellow or orange middorsal stripe on each side of body on scale rows 2 and 3 (counting from the belly scales up) * Keeled scales * Nonvenomous * Diet: fish, frogs and other aquatic vertebrates, insects, and earthworms * Habitat: grassy areas near ponds and streams * Distribution: Black Hills