			Jungle Jenny posted a photo:	AMAZING colors on this Common Garter Snake! Did you know.... that this cool creature is able to eat adult Pacific Newts (Taricha) which are deadly poisonous to most predators?Garter Snakes live in a variety of habitats such as: forests, mixed woodlands, grassland, chaparral, farmlands, ponds, marshes and streams. They eat a wide variety of prey such as: amphibians and their larvae, fish, birds, and their eggs, small mammals, reptiles, earthworms, slugs and leeches.