r/isleroyale 14d ago

Wildlife / Moose / Wolves Snakes of Isle Royale

Caught at least 6 garters and one northern redbelly snake which i regretfully didn't take a picture of. The copper garter and the red garter were truly special

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u/Signal-Weight8300 14d ago

Moskey Basin has a rock peninsula that was completely loaded with them. It was awesome. There were hundreds in the low bushes. I've never seen so many before in my life. Mostly Garter snakes with a few very similar ones I don't the name of. They were black.

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u/KodiakSnake 14d ago

oh wow! now im sad i only passed by. those others were probably northern redbellied snakes as them and garters are supposed to be the only two snakes on the island.