Eastern Garter Snake

By: Jesse

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• MEET THE Eastern Garter Snake….3

• HOME SWEET HOME …..4

• DINNER TIME……………..5

• ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS…6

• LABELS…………………….7

• READ MOE/FUN FACTS…8

• GLOSSARY………………...9

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Meet the eastern garter snakeThey range is size from 18 - 26 inches long. A eastern garter snake has white on the side black in the middle.

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Home Sweet HomeSuch as wet woodlands, meadows, marshes and old ditchesand streams. Garter snakes are found near water.

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Dinner Time

They prey on frogs, toads, salamanders, small fish, mice, tadpoles, eggs, and small snakes. Eastern garter snakes hunt for bask in the day.

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Adaptations

The garter snake hibernates in winter with other garter snakes usually

Under large rocks or mammal burrows. They are cold blooded so they

bask during the day to get warm.

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Labels

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Fun facts

If attacked garter snake will release a bad smelling odor. They also

bite garter snakes can live up to ten years.

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Glossary

• Bask: to lay in the sun to get warm

• Prey: what they eat

• Hibernates: to sleep or stay inside when it is snowing

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Resources• www.fcps.edu• www.exploringnature.org• www.waildlives.blogspot.com• www.dnr.state.oh.us.gov• www.digitaljournal.com/article/254068 • www.flickriver.com• www.bolt.lakeheadu.ca• www.snakeandsuch.blogspot.com

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Meet the Author/Illustrator

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