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Fig. 22. Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus sauritus. Two closely related striped 

 snakes occur within the local area. Their general characteristics are clearly shown 

 in the cuts on this page. The ribbon snake is considerably more slender and its side 



stripes are higher up on the sides than those of the commoner garter snake. 



Fig. 23. (Lower) Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtahs sirtalis. Most abundant and 



generally distributed of any of the local species. A large specimen is about three feet 



in length. The central stripe is indistinct on occasional specimens. 



