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The
eastern ribbon snake can be eighteen to twenty-six inches long.
It has three light colored stripes that run along it's body.
The scales of the snake are keeled. The eastern ribbon snake
is pretty thin. that's how it got it's name. It's habitat is
in weedy wet areas such as edges of streams and bodies of water
marshes. They can also live in bogs, ponds, and wet meadows.
The eastern ribbon snake eats tadpoles, salamanders, small frogs,
and toads. There are three species of poisonous snakes in Ohio.
The eastern ribbon snake is not one of those. The eastern ribbon
snake is not endangered. Like all garter snakes, adults do not
lay eggs, but give birth to their babies. Adults produce three
to twenty-six babies, although, five to twelve is more common.
The babies are eighteen to twenty-three centameters long at birth,
and take two to three years to grow up. It's predators are hawks
and foxes. The eastern ribbon snake is close to garter snakes.
They are many times mistaken for each other. It is actually a
garter snake, so that is one reason they are sometimes confused. |
