I knew at once what it was — a garter snake had caught a wood frog. I followed the sound to its source, where I discovered a three-inch frog halfway down the throat of a two-foot-long garter snake.

The serpent—an ornate cat-eyed snake—typically eats frogs and lizards, so humans are generally safe. While a bite can cause pain and swelling, it isn’t fatal, and the employee who found it ...

KYOTO--Japanese commonly describe a person frozen with fear as looking like “a frog scared stiff by a snake.” But at least from a scientific perspective, it turns out the traditional portrayal ...

FEEDING: San Francisco garter snakes eat California red-legged frogs, Pacific tree frogs, western toads, mosquito and other fish, worms, newts, and salamanders. THREATS: The San Francisco garter snake ...

they just grab it and think it's a frog," he explained. Hypothetically, if the other snake had not long eaten a frog and had its scent on its face, the other — possibly more hungry — snake may ...

Eastern Indigo Snakes will eat birds, mammals, frogs, and rodents in addition to snakes. Blue Malaysian Coral Snake (Calliophis bivirgatus) The Blue Malaysian Coral Snake is indisputably the most ...

may give a bird or snake pause, offering a precious instant for the frog to spring to safety. Their neon-green bodies may play a similar role in thwarting predators. Many of the animals that eat ...