The narrow-headed garter snake is a nonvenomous snake found in and near the cool, clear headwater streams of the U.S. Southwest. With its stripeless, grayish-colored body, it has been called “drab” in ...

sirtalis), the red-spotted garter snake (T. s. concinnus), and the maritime ... or green. Most have three stripes running the ...

forming a mating ball, where one female is surrounded by up to one hundred males. The best time to witness this spectacular annual snake orgy, is the beginning of May.

The giant garter snake is one of North America's largest native snakes, reaching up to 64 inches in length and endemic to California's Central Valley, where it originally inhabited natural wetlands.