Oh yeah. We could argue.. no wait... debate for the rest of our lives and have a great time doing so!

Nice snake on the cover. Looks like a T. ordinoides to me. Or is it? (just kidding, I'm 100% sure it is)

Forget the link. The link was unintended. It was the text I intended to copy. It leads to "common garter snake" for obvious reasons. Don't get me started on the argument that a T. ordinoides is also a "common" garter snake, as is T. Radix. All garter snakes are common within their range, and garter snakes in general are found in nearly every state in the USA.

If it's any kind of garter snake. Radix, ordinoides, elegans, doesn't matter. It's a garter and they are common.

The snake originally shown in this thread however, is definitely NOT a garter snake.