# Id this snake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148 "2013-05-12T14:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/1 "2013-05-12T14:14:19Z")
[In central South Carolina](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/library/newsnak?sort=3&http%3A//s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/library/newsnak?#/user/badger60/library/newsnak?sort=3&page=1&_suid=136836768047208485690730216886). (And, just in case you’re wondering, no, I didn’t kill it. I found it in the road while walking the dog.) ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/2 "2013-05-12T15:12:06Z")
Do snakes have ids? 😃 It may be a juvenile with a different pattern from an adult. ---
**Author:** ![tompitch4d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@tompitch4d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tompitch4d)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/3 "2013-05-12T15:33:36Z")
Images are consistent with a garter snake _Thamnophis sirtalis_ ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/4 "2013-05-12T21:29:02Z")
Looks more like an eastern glass snake: [glass snake - Search](http://www.bing.com/search?q=glass%20snake&qs=AS&sk=&pq=glass%20snake&sp=1&sc=8-11&form=BDKTMA&pc=BDT3&shash=) See second from left at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![tompitch4d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@tompitch4d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tompitch4d)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/5 "2013-05-13T00:40:23Z")
> [@barbitu8](#): > > Looks more like an eastern glass snake: [glass snake - Search](http://www.bing.com/search?q=glass%20snake&qs=AS&sk=&pq=glass%20snake&sp=1&sc=8-11&form=BDKTMA&pc=BDT3&shash=) See second from left at the bottom. Glass snakes, _Ophisaurus,_ are legless lizards with eyelids, ear openings and a lateral groove running most of the length of the body. The dead snake on the bin cover lacks all of these features. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/6 "2013-05-13T01:11:38Z")
> [@tompitch4d](#): > > Images are consistent with a garter snake _Thamnophis sirtalis_ Agree, Google images for garter snake: [checkerboard - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1507&bih=809&q=checkerboard&oq=checker&gs_l=img.1.2.0l10.1122.5022.0.7370.7.7.0.0.0.0.49.282.7.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.12.img.PuY1OgHBVAA#hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=checkerboard+pattern+snake+-rattle&oq=checkerboard+pattern+snake+-rattle&gs_l=img.12...0.0.2.54829.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..12.img.IYGYq-S_uIY&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46340616,d.eWU&fp=c60c501e078447ff&biw=1507&bih=809) ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/7 "2013-05-13T01:42:32Z")
> [@tompitch4d](#): > > Images are consistent with a garter snake _Thamnophis sirtalis_ Concur. While Garter Snakes typically have a distinct light mid-dorsal stripe, [this link](http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/thasir.htm)shows a “checkered” pattern variation from the subject area. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snake/658148/8 "2013-05-13T03:00:38Z")
Thanks, all.