Subspecies:
Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis
Western Black-necked Gartersnake
August 13, 2004
Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona
These are both young gartersnakes. The one pictured at top was very small, perhaps about five inches long. The one pictured below was a little larger, but no more than eight inches long. Both of them were hunting tasty fish and tadpoles in calm areas of Oak Creek Canyon.