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Snake, I previously thought maybe a Texas Patchnose Snake(?), and then a Garter Snake. Per Gil: Your "Garter snake" is a Western ribbon snake of the Gulf coast race, Thamnophis proximus orarius. Ribbon snakes are very closely related to garter snakes, but they have a much longer, tapering tail and a clean, unmarked upper "lip". The Gulf coast race has a "golden" stripe down the middle of its back instead of an orange one as do the other races.
From: Brazos Bend State Park Photos
N90s, E200 slide film, 1/200s, Nikon 300 f2.8 EDIF lens, ~f8
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Picture from Davis Mountains, 10/2007. Gil: It is a Mountain patchnose snake, Salvadoria grahamiae, subspecies grahamiae, which occurs from s. AZ to w. TX; the other subspecies occurs in c. and S. Tx down into Mexico. There is another species of patchnose snake in the Big Bend area. In your photo, you can readily see the "patch" on the front tip of the snake's head, which tells you it is not one of the ribbon or garter snakes.
See "Patch" below:
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