Thamnophis sirtalis similis

[BLUESIRTALIS]

STILL WAITING ON BABIES TO DROP FROM THIS PAIR.:rolleyes: FIRST PIC IS OF THE MALE SECOND PIC IS OF THE FEMALE.:D62356236

[BUSHSNAKE]

those are beauties!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Thanks joe!

[Chondro788]

Very nice Shawn!! I want some babies from that awesome pair!!

[guidofatherof5]

Both look great but that female is stunning.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Thanks everyone! Jason you know i will be sending you some.

[EasternGirl]

Darn it! Now I want one! Just gorgeous! No more snakes for Marnie. No more snakes for Marnie. Keep repeating this. :D

[BLUESIRTALIS]

You know you need more snakes!!!:D


Darn it! Now I want one! Just gorgeous! No more snakes for Marnie. No more snakes for Marnie. Keep repeating this.

[ProXimuS]

Beaaauutiful!!! Keep us posted:D

[BLUESIRTALIS]

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Thanks here is a pic of my other female.

[mikem]

I'll be needing one or two as well ;) Gorgeous similis.

[thamneil]

Beautiful similis! I hope mine end up as blue as yours.

[norcalj]

STILL WAITING ON BABIES TO DROP FROM THIS PAIR.:rolleyes: FIRST PIC IS OF THE MALE SECOND PIC IS OF THE FEMALE.:D62356236



I think I have your female's brother!:D6272

[kueluck]

Beautiful..........that's what I'm holding out for. Hope to find one this weekend.

[ConcinusMan]

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Thanks here is a pic of my other female.

Hmmm... at first glance, this one doesn't appear to be a similis to me. Looks more like a "florida blue" eastern. People tend to get the two confused. I wonder if the seller did that in this case.

[BUSHSNAKE]

Hmmm... at first glance, this one doesn't appear to be a similis to me. Looks more like a "florida blue" eastern. People tend to get the two confused. I wonder if the seller did that in this case.
i was thinking the same thing but ive never had similis...maybe some look like easterns...like the one glades is trying to sell as similis

[norcalj]

Hmmm... at first glance, this one doesn't appear to be a similis to me. Looks more like a "florida blue" eastern. People tend to get the two confused. I wonder if the seller did that in this case.


That's definitely a true bluestripe! Some similis just have a lighter ground coloration than others. Also, Florida Blues wouldn't have well defined lateral stripes like that.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

639964006401Hey Guys sorry i was on vacation last week. The guy who caught that second female swears they are pure similis he says that local is his favorite lacal and a little lighter and more difined than the darker similis, but it's hard for me to say without some type of dna testing i do know that it looks nothing like any of the fl blue easterns that i have ever kept and has the lateral stripes like the similis. If you seen this snake in person beside a fl blue eastern you would see the difference. Here is some pics for comparison. The first two pics are fl blue easterns.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Now that's a nice looking male!

I think I have your female's brother!:D6272

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Got home from work yesterday and she had 11 BIG babies! Two have tiny eyes though not sure what causes that maybe it's because she held them too long. Last year she had 15 healthy babies. I think some other people had some babies born this year with tiny eyes. Im glad i got 9 healthy babies and they look super sharp too.


still waiting on babies to drop from this pair.:rolleyes: First pic is of the male second pic is of the female.:d62356236

[guidofatherof5]

Congrats on the babies. Love to see some photos especially the tiny eyes.

[ProXimuS]

Awesome! Can't wait for pics:D

[Invisible Snake]

Congrats!

[paulh]

Got home from work yesterday and she had 11 BIG babies! Two have tiny eyes though not sure what causes that maybe it's because she held them too long. Last year she had 15 healthy babies. I think some other people had some babies born this year with tiny eyes. I'm glad i got 9 healthy babies and they look super sharp too.
Congrats on the babies, but sorry to hear about the two with small eyes.

I have seen tiny and missing eyes in a litter of timber rattlesnakes, an Indian python, and a few other snakes. I do not know the cause for certain, but that sort of thing has been documented in swine as resulting from a mild vitamin A deficiency in the mother. Maybe it's the same cause in snakes.

[mikem]

Congrats Shawn :cool:

[snake man]

Whats the temperament normally like on this species?

[BLUESIRTALIS]

All of the similis i keep seem to be docile. I think it depends how much you interact with them so that they learn to trust you. I have 4 wildcaught adults that never try to bite or musk on me. My captive bred babies seem to be docile too. The baby albino fl. Blue easterns have an attitude but i love it when they flatten out and get grumpy it is so cute.

[RedSidedSPR]

You know you need more snakes!!!:D

Yes.. yes i do..

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Here is a pic of the little ones. I couldn't get a good pic of these guys because my batteries were going dead. I can't wait to see how they color up. You can see the lateral
stripes and already some blue coloring.


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[RedSidedSPR]

Give them to me. I'll take excellent care of them.

[mikem]

Nice looking babies! :cool:

[snake man]

They are already mine :D

[Greg'sGarters]

Let me know when she gives birth. Please do post up pictures of the babies!!

[snake man]

I got two of the babies which are already very blue. There are already pictures of them in my snake thread.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Here is a few pics of the babies starting to color up.

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[ConcinusMan]

Also, Florida Blues wouldn't have well defined lateral stripes like that.

If all you've seen is ones that don't have the defined lateral stripe, then naturally you would think that. Florida blues are an eastern and you know how variable they are. I still say that's a T. sirtalis sirtalis.

Hey, your link above doesn't work.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I have the moderators looking in to it. I can't submit new threads or post pics. Now to the topic about the similis. There are certain lacales that have lighter background colors. There is sirtalis sirtalis and sirtalis similis and then in some areas you find inergrades. With any wildcaught snake you never will know if they are 100% pure unless you did some type of dna testing. I can assure you the snake in that pic is not an eastern. She has a very defined blue lateral stripe and is much smaller than my fl. Easterns even the structure of her head is smaller. I can't guarantee wether she is a pure similis or an integrade, but there is no way she is a pure eastern. I have worked with hundreds of florida easterns including albinos, ery's, and apalachicola locales and i have never seen an eastern like this. If you look at the pure baby similis that have been produced lots of them have this same pattern and i know some of them darken up, but not all of them. I hope this helps!

[guidofatherof5]

Shawn.
Try reloading each attachment on its own line.
Seemed to fix the problem for another member when they had the same problem.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

The problem is i can't submit new threads or post pics. I can only reply to a thread and if i hit the go advanced button to add pics i dont have the post quick reply button anymore so i just have to exit off. As long as i stay on the quick reply screen im fine, but i would like to be able to submit new threads and post pics again. I hope they can come up with a solution. When i try to start a new thread and i begin to type, all of the words stay on the top line no matter how many i type the line just gets longer and longer and will not switch to the next line and there is no button that says submit new thread so i can't do anything. Im not sure what's going on here.

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds like Boots(Jason) has his work cut out for him. Keep us posted on your progress.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

79097910Here you go!

[guidofatherof5]

Nice looking scrubs.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Should have three litters of similis born soon!:rolleyes:

[BLUESIRTALIS]

These two should drop real soon!

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[guidofatherof5]

Looking good to pop soon.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Fingers crossed!

[mikem]

Good luck man! those are some nice looking girls!

[kueluck]

Dang it Shawn, that makes me want another one. Super nice looking girls!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Well i know where you might can find some in a few weeks! lol
Dang it Shawn, that makes me want another one. Super nice looking girls!