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Statewide, except for the tip of the panhandle. The western
ribbon snake is a close relative of the garter snakes. It is a long
slender snake with the characteristic stripes of the garter snakes,
but with little to no coloration between the stripes, tending to
look more like a black ribbon with three stripes, which can vary
from yellow to white, usually with a whitish belly, and occasionally
with a blue tint. Like many members of the family Natricidae, they
eat fish and frogs, as well as insects and worms. They also tend
to be a little more arboreal than the garter snakes, taking to the
trees to avoid predation.
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