Common Garter Snake by Ken _Gilliland
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Description
Another sneak peek of one of my snakes, the common garter snake. This one from my add-on volume (which contains 8 additional snake species; Rosy Boa, Ball Python, Inland Taipan, Common Adder, King Cobra, Corn Snake, Coral Snake and, of course, the Garter). The base set includes the western diamondback, the whipsnake, the Pine or "Gopher" snake and the Egyptian Cobra (aka Asp).
The species is indigenous to North America and found widely across the continent. Depending on the subspecies, the common garter snake can be found as far south as the southernmost tip of Florida in the United States and as far north as the southernmost tip of the Northwest Territories in Canada.
The habitat of the common garter snake ranges from forests, fields, and prairies to streams, wetlands, meadows, marshes, and ponds, and it is often found near water. It is found at altitudes from sea level to mountains. Its diet consists mainly of amphibians and earthworms, but also leeches, slugs, snails, insects, crayfish, fish, lizards, other snakes, small birds, and rodents. They are effective at catching fast-moving creatures such as fish and tadpoles.
Garter snakes have a mild venom in their saliva, which may be toxic to the amphibians and other small animals that they prey upon. For humans, a bite is not dangerous, and many handlers can attest to garter snakes gently biting in protest when held or restrained; these bites do not often break the skin, given the garter snake's smaller size, but may cause slight itching, burning, and/or swelling at the location of the bite. However, it is more likely that, prior to expending their energy through biting, garter snakes will secrete a foul-smelling fluid ("musk", "musking", "skunking") from postanal glands.
Comments (6)
Krid
..great realistic scene and excellent use of dof
Flint_Hawk
This is amazing!
chrysaor
A marvellous Depiction and Description of that Species! Great Work again!!!
BellaDark
I thought your birds were amazing, and they are... then you preview these and I had to look a few times to make sure they weren't photos. Still having trouble on that front. Great work. :)
Ken _Gilliland
Thank-you (and everyone else) for the kind comments about my latest project.
starship64
Fantastic work!
Steff_7
Great representation and he doesn't look to happy to see us :)