Names: Little garter snake, saurite snake, slender garter snake, slim garter snake, spotted ribbon-snake, striped water snake, swift garter snake, swift streaked snake, water garter snake, yellow-headed garter snake.

Average length: 18-26 in.

Juveniles: Juveniles are patterned as adults but are brown with bright-yellow or white stripes. The brown color darkens with age. 

Habitats:  Inhabits a wide variety of habitats, including freshwater and brackish marshes, grassy floodplains, streams and ditches with grass and brush margins, wet areas in meadows, sphagnum bogs, and woodlands adjacent to wetlands.