Length: 18-26 inches.                                                         

Color: Very variable, but normally black or brown with three yellow stripes.

Habitat: Meadows, marshes, woodlands, hillsides, along streams and dranidge ditches, and even in cities.

Range: South Canada to the Gulf of Mexico to Texas to Minnesota.

Diet: Toads, frogs, salamanders, and worms.

Notes: Extreemly common.