A Beautiful Day in the Yard 4-12

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Don’t know if there is a relation between those 2 snakes. The Garter snake which is known by most as the Gardner snake is very common if you living near fields. 
My dog is back to normal this morning and is back out hunting snakes. Dogs never learn to leave porcupines alone, apparently the same with snakes. Just glad there is no rattlers here in my yard. 

I had to look it up, this is what Wikipedia says, "Garter snakes are closely related to the genus Nerodia (water snakes), with some species having been moved back and forth between genera."

I know the markings on that snake, in your pic, is different than water snakes I have seen in my back yard.