Eastern Garter Snake By: Jesse
2 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEET THE Eastern Garter Snake….3 HOME SWEET HOME …..4 DINNER TIME……………..5 ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS…6 LABELS…………………….7 READ MOE/FUN FACTS…8 GLOSSARY………………...9
3 Meet the eastern garter snake They range is size from inches long. A eastern garter snake has white on the side black in the middle.
4 Home Sweet Home Such as wet woodlands, meadows, marshes and old ditches and streams. Garter snakes are found near water.
5 Dinner Time They prey on frogs, toads, salamanders, small fish, mice, tadpoles, eggs, and small snakes. Eastern garter snakes hunt for bask in the day.
6 Adaptations The garter snake hibernates in winter with other garter snakes usually Under large rocks or mammal burrows. They are cold blooded so they bask during the day to get warm.
7 Labels
8 Fun facts If attacked garter snake will release a bad smelling odor. They also bite garter snakes can live up to ten years.
9 Glossary Bask: to lay in the sun to get warm Prey: what they eat Hibernates: to sleep or stay inside when it is snowing
10 Resources
11 Meet the Author/Illustrator
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