Please enjoy these amphibian and reptile photos by Mike Benard. You can use the links below to navigate between different galleries. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email: mfbenard@gmail.com
Northern Water Snake
A Northern Water Snake cruises through a pond looking for frogs to eat.
Coast Gartersnake
Coast Gartersnake showing off the beatiful orange-red stripe and speckling pattern.
Red Bellied Snake
This small Red Bellied snake was found under a large rock in Allegany County, New York. I have also found Ringneck Snakes under the same log.
Northern Ringneck Snake
This Northern Ringneck Snake was found under a large, flat rock in Allegany County, NY. The favorite prey of Northern Ringneck Snakes appears to be salamanders and earthworms.
Portrait of Eastern Milk Snake
California Kingsnake eating a Garter Snake
This California Kingsnake captured a Garter Snake on the edge of a pond, and ate it while sitting in the water.
Desert Kingsnake
Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
Portrait of a DeKay's Brown Snake
Close-up view showing the side profile of a DeKay's Brown Snake head.
Brown Snake next to a coin.
A young Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi) next to a quarter for scale.
Young Garter Snake on coin
A juvenile Coast Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans terrestris) poses next to a quarter for scale.
Coast Garter Snake