It stopped raining and the sun came out. And a small wandering garter snake came out to sun himself on a warm stone beside the beach.
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| Wandering terrestrial garter snake, Thamnophis elegans vagrans |
This is a smaller relative of our common garter snake, and like its relative, harmless to humans. It is a good swimmer and is capable of catching small fish at low tide, when they're trapped in tide pools. This was at Stories Beach. I have seen one before at Oyster Bay, on the edge of the water.
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Salió el sol. Y una viborita también salió, a asolearse sobre una piedra al lado de la playa.
Foto: una culebra "paseadora, terrestre", Thamnophis elegans vagrans.
Esta víbora es del mismo género que nuestras culebras comunes, Thamnophis sirtalis, y como ellas, no es dañina. Es buena nadadora y cuando la marea está baja, es capaz de capturar peces chicos, atrapados en las pozas de marea.
Esta estaba al lado de la playa Stories; he visto otra de la misma especie en la bahía Oyster, justo en la orilla del agua.
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