MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Sabel Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rolf Nussbaumer / Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) basking on lily pad of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) basking on lily pad of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Suzi Eszterhas / Red-striped Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

David Welling / Arid lands ribbon snake {Thamnophis proximus diabolicus} swimming amongst waterlilies, Texas, USA