Bluestripe ribbon snake


The bluestripe ribbon snake ,which belongs in the same family as the garter snakes, is a subspecies of the ribbon snake that occurs along the Gulf Coast in Florida. Adults are thin and are black with a mid-dorsal stripe that is a lighter shade of black and two blue stripes, hence the name "bluestripe ribbon snake". They are semi-aquatic and are active during the day. They can be found by lakes, rivers, and slow-moving streams.

Diet

They eat frogs, salamanders, small fishes, earthworms, minnows, lizards, and insects.

Captivity

In captivity, they can live in a 20-gallon tank and they will eat feeder mice, pinkie mice, feeder lizards and feeder insects.

Size

In adulthood they grow to be. They start out at after hatching.