[NatureNS] Garter snake

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Hi Jim,

On 14-Jul-07, at 12:37 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:

> I'm not sure that mother garter snakes care for their young at all  
> after
> birth -- perhaps John Gilhen can comment on this?

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources page on the garter snake  
says that:

"The young receive no parental care and disperse immediately upon  
birth."

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Resources/reptiles/egart.htm

Cheers,

Chris

>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
> ----------
> From: Jean Timpa <jtimpa@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:03:47 -0300
> To: natureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Garter snake
>
>  Garter snakes aren't the most user friendly types. None of them
> really liked to be picked up by huge warm humans, but the only one  
> which
> ever bit me was a garter. It was fairly large, and I did not get a  
> good
> angle
> on clasping it carefully behind its head so it could not strike, as  
> it was
> curled up against a very steep woods embankment, so we were face to
> face. So I was promptely bitten on the hand, which I deserved.  
> There was a
> bit of pain, but no ill effects.
>  My Golden Guide to Snakes and Reptiles reminds me that Garter
> Snakes bear their young live, up to twenty at a time, so the snake  
> at the
> entrance to its hole may well have been guarding young ones inside.  
> There
> are a number of different Garter Snakes across North America, and  
> the GG
> mentions that most are fairly docile and do well in captivity which  
> is now
> severely frowned upon. But..the Common Garter Snake... is more
> aggressive than ohers and is marked by three yellowish stripes,  
> while the
> dark area in between is spotted. Our Ribbon Snake with yellow or red
> stripes against brown scales is also a garter snake, and its tail  
> is about a
> third of its body length. I believe it is the one which is seldom  
> seen any
> more, and all sightings are of interest and should be reported to the
> Museum of Natural History in Halifax.
>  I envy your sightings, as I seldom see snakes any more. There
> used to be a lot of them along the woods roads down home (Bear River),
> with frogs and toads, where they used to like to sun themselves.  
> Now, if I
> find anything, it is just mashed ones. There may be other factors,  
> but the
> ATVs have done an awful number on them. ....and recently the  
> legislation
> has been softened on such vehicles. Jean

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Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 3A6
(902) 424-6435   Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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