Unknown Garter snake

[Garterguy82]

Anyone know what this guy may be? bought him from a pet store.

Thanks guys

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/Arachnoking/Buttler002.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/Arachnoking/Buttler003.jpg



Dean

[Sid]

Dean, I am far from being good at identifing the many different Thamnophis species, so I'll leave that to others. It is a great looking snake and good photo.

Sid

[Daniel]

Hey Dean,

that seems to be a dark colored plains garter snake or Thamnophis radix.

Nice looking animal.

Best wishes,

Daniel

[Stefan-A]

It looks like a radix, I agree.

[GarterGirl]

I totally agree with Sid.
Those are 2 great photos!

[Garterguy82]

Thankyou guys. He is a lovely snake:)

[flakgunner]

hey,

most definitely a Plains Gartersnake,classic orange stripe down the center,their not the largest of the Thamnophis,averaging about 24" to 30",they do very well in captivity.nightcrawlers and minnows/goldfish,thawed out minnows in the winter ,will even take strips of fish from your fingers,They do very well in cooler climates,afew years back,over Thanksgiving weekend,we had some very mild weather(for November),and they where out,catching some rays.we've got hundreds on these in our backyard,and by mid-August,we won't be able to cut the grass,the ground will be crawling of young'ins.check out "My Photos" for a rare variation,,we caught memorial weekend.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/showphoto.php?photo=1637&cat=500&ppuser=848


Joe

[ScimitarX]

Great looking snake!!

[drache]

very nice looking radix
I had one like that a long time ago

[ssssnakeluvr]

it does look like a plains...can't see the side stripes well enough to tell, but plains have the side stripe on scale rows 3 and 4....

[GarterGuy]

Yeh, I'd have to agree with everyone else and say T.radix. Although can't really do a real good scale count from the pic, the lateral stripe does look to be higher then T.sirtalis. Very attrative snake.....good find!:D

Roy

[adamanteus]

The head certainly looks T. radix, but I'm not totally convinced. A picture we can take a scale count from might be helpful?

[big J]

Alrighty it seems as though many people are confused by this type of snake just because it says garter. But in fact it isn't a garter at all in fact it is a striped keelback, Xenochrophis vittatus, Just google it and the first site will tell you a lot about them. I don't know much about the breeding habits but there are a few people here that have them including me. This one is definitely my favorite in my whole collection.

[adamanteus]

I'm afraid you're a bit off there. This is Xenochrophis vitattus.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/kunomooren/P1010136.jpg

[ssssnakeluvr]

i second that...definitely not xenocrophis, pretty sure its a plains.

[adamanteus]

i second that...definitely not xenocrophis, pretty sure its a plains.

Yeah, it's a plains, just a little darker than I'm used to seeing.