I’ll let the photos do most of the talking here.
“Standard” Eastern Garter Snake; Sandusky County, Ohio.
High contrast animal with “flame side;” Wyandot County, Ohio.
Olive stripeless Garter; Wood County, Ohio.
Melanistic specimen; Lucas County, Ohio.
Gray-striped possible hypomelanistic; Hancock County, Ohio.
This amazing amount of variation helps keep this very common species from being too boring a find.