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snake_toad

Garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) trying to eat a toad (Bufo americanus).

About this image

Identification: Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake); Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad)
Date Taken: 17 June 2005
Location: Northborough, Massachusetts
Contributors: Mike Turner
photographer copyright holder
Subjects: Subject Behavior; Subject Live Animal; Type Photo; Life Stages and Gender adult/sexually mature; Behaviors feeding behaviors capturing/manipulating prey; Anatomy coloration/patterning disruptive coloration (spots/stripes); Anatomy coloration/patterning cryptic

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