So, this partnership among NHPR, New Hampshire Audubon and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is one in which bird and tree knowledge is well represented. But much of the state’s wildlife, as you’ve no doubt noticed, can be classified as “other.” Today we tackle some of that other, in the form of the garter snake with Mike Marchand, Wildlife Biologist with N.H. Fish and Game. There are about a dozen different species of snake in the granite state, but chances are if you’ve seen a snake in New Hampshire, it was a garter snake. They are the most common variety of snake here. Partially because they are not particular about their habitat. “I’ve seen them on the seacoast, in the city, even at 4,000 feet in elevation at Mount Isolation,” says Marchand. Snakes, like all reptiles, are cold-blooded, which presents challenges when living in a northern climate like New Hampshire. “When it’s warm reptiles tend to be really active, and when it’s cool they tend to slow down.