Posted by Emlyn Crocker,
North Country explorer from Plainfield, Vermont
North Country explorer from Plainfield, Vermont
October 1, 2017 —
During a nature walk on the Kip Trail one of the girl scouts from the Nikentsiaki Service Unit in Canton-deKalb spotted this little garter snake slithering across the trail. This one is an Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), a subspecies of the common garter - or garden - snake.