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Characteristics:
* Known to many people
as the red-sided garter
snake
* Bright yellow or
orange stripe along the middle of
back
* Yellow or orange
stripe on each side of body on scale rows 2 and 3 (counting from belly
scales up)
* Black spots on a reddish
background along body
sides
* Keeled scales
* Nonvenomous
* Diet:
frogs and other aquatic vertebrates, insects,
earthworms, and small
mammals
* Habitat:
grassy areas near wetlands
* Distribution:
statewide
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