Issued as part of the ongoing Bicentennial celebration, the 13Â¢ State Flags pane was a first in U.S. history. This was the first time a pane with 50 face-different stamps was issued.
NON-VENOMOUS. NON-VENOMOUS. Description: A greenish-brown snake with a diamond-like pattern on its back and dark bars on the sides of its body. The belly scales are yellow with dark markings on the sides. Males are smaller and thinner than females and they have small bumps on their chin.
Common Garter Snake. (Thamnophis sirtalis). Uniform colors are solid colors, black, brown, tan, orange, yellow, gray, blue or green, without any markings. On some species the color may be darker on the head and neck and become lighter on the back part of the body.