I am in the process of moving and took my son to cut the grass today. While cutting he yells "snake"...so I catch and relocate him/her to the other side of the yard by a treeline. When I let go it heads straight for the middle of the yard where my son's cutting. I grab it again to move it and notice pretty good scars...I assume caused by previous encounters with a weed trimmer. Since self destruction is on it's mind I grabbed it and added it to my group. I will post pics later, but I'm pretty sure it's a radix...beautiful garter either way.
Jerry