PA Eastern Specimens Photography

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Hello all! I'm finding a bit of free time and I was just going through some of my albums and looking back at some of the amazing t. s. sirtalis I have found and photographed in the past 7 years. I lost a lot of pictures (none that were terribly important, but still) on one computer, so I'll just post what I have easily available to me! I had some other photos of some other cool phenotypes but like I said, I lost some. Some of these snakes I field collected and used to keep, but a lot has changed since those years.

Enjoy the pictures! Locales will not be listed or revealed.

I loved the golden eyes on this female

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/potter047.jpg

Big girl!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140697-2.jpg

Adult female in situ
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140694-2.jpg

more females in situ
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140657-1.jpg

peek a boo!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140664-1.jpg

Interesting belly on this beast! This is fairly common.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140661-1.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Orange cheeked beauty!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/7362059.jpg

Lady in maroon
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/7362036.jpg

red girl from a different area... sadly I was not able to get a better picture that actually showed how red she was!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/3925074.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/3925064.jpg

You can't see me!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/3925058.jpg

This is what I think of as a classic sirtalis:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/3925054.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

yet another rusty lady from another area
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/467016.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/467015.jpg

One important thing about this one... LOOK AT THOSE FLAMING RED EYES!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/285045.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/bandit8018.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/023-2.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/7362081.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

And looking back I think that THIS is my favorite phenotype of eastern garter snake EVER!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/7362047.jpg

Just for fun... here are some other PA natricines

Erythristic dekay's - He was a big male, seemingly on his way out when I found him. I think that he was old and retiring.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/010.jpg

Another dekay's I thought was awesome
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/57470172.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/004-2.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/043-5.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/046-2.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Melanistic red-belly.

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/potter103.jpg

Adult females of Eastern Garter Snake and Red Bellied Snake... showing just how big of a difference there is in size between fully grown adults!

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1090481.jpg

Polymorphism in red bellies! yay!!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1090459.jpg

Even their bellies are different!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/potter115.jpg

Cuteness overload anyone?
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P10904232-1.jpg

And one of my favorites... some of the "little guys" of PA
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1090468.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

And some Smooth greens... easily one of my favorite things ever to find.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/3925077.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P10903872.jpg

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1140673-1.jpg

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

The end!

[guidofatherof5]

I'll say awesome but I don't think that's enough.

[Stefan-A]

Excellent pictures, each and every one of them.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

Tidy! Those sirtalis remind me a lot of N.n.helvetica

[guidofatherof5]

Tidy! Those sirtalis remind me a lot of N.n.helvetica

(Natrix natrix helvetica) Grass snake

[ConcinusMan]

Wow! I really, really like the stripeless morphs. Especially the light colored ones and the red ones. Awesome pics!

GIMMIE! MINE MINE MINE!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/7362047.jpg

[CrazyHedgehog]

Wow, amazing pics!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Very nice pics!!! I like them all. I wish i had your photo skills!

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

Thank You for sharing these amazing photos!!!

[StrmChasr]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[snake man]

Great pictures I really like the smooth green.

[Eddie]

North eastern sirtalis are my absolute favorite!
Thanks for sharing.

[ProXimuS]

Very nice pictures! That second girl is HUGE! Also I didn't know dekay's came in different colors:eek:

[ConcinusMan]

These are "red belly". Storeria occipitomaculata. Not dekay's. Just wanted to make sure you didn't confuse them. But I'm pretty sure dekay's vary a bit too but probably not as much as these. These are cool!

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/P1090459.jpg

[thamneil]

What an awesome post! You are so lucky to have such a variety of phenotypes in your area. Where I am, the parietalis all look the same. Love the really like one and some of the red ones are gorgeous as well. They sure get big!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

What an awesome post! You are so lucky to have such a variety of phenotypes in your area. Where I am, the parietalis all look the same. Love the really like one and some of the red ones are gorgeous as well. They sure get big!


Thanks! You have to really hunt around to find the awesome ones. That is what makes it so challenging. Trust me most of the easterns I find, do not all look like some of these. But it's that one or two snakes per year, that really make it all worthwhile!

[Greg'sGarters]

I've noticed that in PA. VERY VARIABLE PATTERNS AND COLORS. This is why I catch my garters in PA.

[mikem]

Awesome snakes! :cool: