Field Herper.com

Field notes and photography by Bryan D. Hughes
Jul
18th
2011

Checkered Gartersnake from New Mexico

I know they’re common as dirt, but I rarely see these checkered gartersnakes in Arizona, with the exception of along certain grassland corridors. They’re pretty little snakes that, in my experience, aren’t so quick to musk and bite as their black-necked cousins more commonly seen around Phoenix.

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