Snakes eat a variety of foods, depending on the species of snake, but all are carnivores, meaning they eat other animals. Mostly they will eat whatever they can capture and swallow. Here are what some snakes eat that live around Santa Barbara: ringneck snakes will eat bugs and salamanders; garter snakes eat bugs, lizards, and frogs; rattlesnakes and gopher snakes eat mostly rodents; and king snakes eat lizards, rodents, and other snakes, including rattlesnakes.

Snakes are carnivorous; they eat meat. Different kinds of snakes eat different kinds of animals. Like most carnivorous animals, snakes mostly eat creatures smaller than they are.