Maritime Gatersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis pallidulus)

If and whenever I go to Maine this is one of the snakes I'm looking forward to seeing.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/snakes/gartersn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/snakes/garter.htm&usg=__VL0pS2MzhnSSeywGakcEKqkNz0E=&h=339&w=506&sz=33&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=bCXQCJ2mwr_iNM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmaritime%2Bgater%2Bsnake%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2GPEA_en%26um%3D1

http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/jd/jdweb/Herps/species/USsnakes/thasirpal.htm