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.
The underparts of the common garter snake are usually greenish, yellow, blue-grey or whitish, and are sometimes marked with small black spots . The top of the head is usually dark, with a pair of small, white or yellowish, dash-like spots , and there are often dark vertical bars on the upper lip scales .