Hit by mower

[adamanteus]

If you can post a photo, showing the vent and upper tail area, we can sex it for you.
A good first food would be nightcrawlers or fish, trout or salmon are good. I wouldn't offer a live mouse.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

also do you mean eastern garter snake? theres no such thing as a western to my knowledge

[Snake lover 3-25]

if it's 3 feet it sounds like a female... (can males get that big?)

[Patrika]

also do you mean eastern garter snake? theres no such thing as a western to my knowledge

I am unfamiliar with the garter snake species. I found a website before I found this one with a photo that matches my snake listed as western garter snake. Here is a photo of mine (sorry, its not great...taken with my phone), maybe you guys can tell what it really is.

[Patrika]

Heres one more...again not great.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

ohhh maybe you mean western terrestrial?, where do you live?? thats a beatiful snake! but i think you have an coast garter snake Thamnophis elegans terrestris - Coast Gartersnake
im not sure kinda looks like a red phase radix with that stripe and head, could you get better pictures?

[anji1971]

Wow, what a beautiful snake.
I can't help you with the ID, since I'm completely unfamiliar with the western species, but whatever it turns out to be, it's a keeper!

[Patrika]

I live in South-Central Kansas. This snake was found in the yard, I havent seen one like this around here before, most of them are just green. I will have some better pictures to post probably tomorrow. I took some better head and body shots.

[adamanteus]

Wow! If that'a radix, and it would seem it most likely is.... I want a dozen just like it!
It does look like terrestris, but Kansas is well outside of their range, isn't it?

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

yea... it looks exactly like a radix but with tons of red

Wow! If that'a radix, and it would seem it most likely is.... I want a dozen just like it!
It does look like terrestris, but Kansas is well outside of their range, isn't it?