The ribbon snake s best field marks occur on its head. Look for an unmarked white upper lip, a vertical white spot in front of the eye, and a reddish or mahogany-colored head. Garter snakes have dark ...

A snake researcher is using DNA analysis to learn more about one of Nova Scotia's most elusive and threatened snakes. The eastern ribbonsnake is 70 centimetres long and in the same genus as the common ...

This Eastern ribbon snake was located in Slocum Township. The colors are dull because the snake is getting ready to shed. Tom Venesky/For The Times Leader SLOCUM TWP. – Things were looking grim in the ...

I have mentioned in this column before the ongoing struggles between taxonomists who prefer to classify animals to just the species level and those who classify animals more liberally by describing ...

I have mentioned the ongoing struggles between taxonomists who prefer to classify animals only at the species level, and those who classify animals more liberally by describing subspecies within the ...

A snake researcher is using DNA analysis to learn more about one of Nova Scotia's most elusive and threatened snakes. The eastern ribbonsnake is 70 centimetres long and in the same genus as the common ...