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Northern Ribbon Snake?

Posted by Abrianna Schlickenmayer,
North Country explorer from Yucca Valley, California
October 10, 2018 —

I spotted this snake while I was out on the Kip Trail during lab for my Mammalogy class. I believe it is a Northern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis) a subspecies of the garter snake.