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mikephoto
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Lined snake

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Here's another rare find in Wisconsin, a lined snake. These resemble a garter snake needing a shed, but have a distinctive belly pattern (which you can't see in the photos) and rather big bulgy eyes (which you can clearly see). They eat worms and are believed to be nocturnal.

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Found a few of those in Kansas a few years back. Thought they were garters at first glance.
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They look like Butler's garters and have similar habits... ;)

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I've been monitoring Lined snakes in SW Minnesota for many long years now. I just checked out the Wisconsin Herp Atlas and couldn't find Lined snakes in the list:

http://www4.uwm.edu/fieldstation/herpet ... asFr1.html

Have they been added recently or is just too early in the morning for the coffee to kick in yet?
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On vacation right now, but would like to know too, if they were recently added to the herps of WS. Will be back next next.

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yes guys, they have been recently added.


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Do we get to know which county? I just checked the Snakes of Illinois and see that Lined Snakes are quite a ways south of Wisconsin. Looking forward to hearing more about this.
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I have a recent field guide called Reptiles & Amphibians of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan Field Guide by Stan Tekiela which includes them. They were only discovered a few years ago.
They are listed on the DNR's checklist, which is well maintained: http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/er/ER0110.pdf
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