The shedding process of a San Francisco garter snake

[Thamnophis]

Ten days ago I saw the first signs of the shedding process at my 6 year old female T. s. tetrataenia.
I made a picture of her head and planned to do so every day.
And I succeeded. :D


http://www.thamnophis.eu/thamnophis/tetrataenia_shed.gif

[Eight]

Very nice, Its interesting to see the day by day stages of ecdysis, especially the in the eyes. Also nice gif slideshow. Saves a lot of space :)

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Very nice girl you've got there[I'm sure all the americans are green with envy:D]

[chris-uk]

There's a really dramatic loss of colour isn't there. I don't see such a significant colour loss in any of my garters, they go dull but this tetra is almost completely white at the peak of the blue phase.
Thanks for posting this, it's a fantastic illustration of the lead up to a shed.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

When my marcianus goes into shed he changes from lime green to almost black.

[guidofatherof5]

Awesome set of progression photos. Thanks for posting them.

[Mandi0284]

That is amazing to see. Mine has her eyes clouded over for the second day now.

[EasternGirl]

Very cool slide show. My easterns get darker and very dull before a shed. My albino parietalis looks paler and his eyes look very pale before a shed. My albino checkered gets crackly looking...and my Iowa snow plains gets skin folds. I don't notice much in my radixes or in my concinnus.

[Steveo]

Very cool. I can only tell my king is about to shed because her eyes go blue. The milk snakes go from bright red to like a dark maroon color but I can never see a difference in their beady black eyes.

[Invisible Snake]

Great slideshow! Thanks for sharing!

[ProXimuS]

Awesome slideshow! Thanks for sharing:)



And, yes, being an American, I am quite envious:p

[Robyn@TRR]

Great pic series!