They get their moniker from their plain orange bellies ... which makes them black snakes in Texas. These snakes highly prefer ...

Featuring a greenish-black dorsum, the Texas garter snake displays a vivid orange or red central stripe and yellowish lateral stripes that span through the second to fourth rows of dorsal scales ...

The western diamondback rattlesnakes weren't there by accident, but as part of an annual tradition put on by the Sweetwater Jaycees, who shared tips about the slinky reptiles and draped them around ...