First Post

[coppola73]

Hello, my name is Kristian and I live in Mesa, AZ. I grew up north of Chicago, Il. and had an absolute passion for snakes, especially garter snakes. Then I moved to Seattle and would catch my fair share of northwestern garters (some where melanistic). Then I ended up moving to Sacramento, Ca. and found Valley garters and one giant garter. I would also find a bunch of Cal. Kings and gophers.
While living in California I had acquired a group of Oregon red-spotteds that ended up having a bunch of babies. I would also go out to the coast in Marin county and try to catch the California red-sided (no luck), but did find some very pretty coastal garters.
I currently do not have any garters, but will likely get some in the near future. I have found some dead on the road Blackneck garters near where I go camping. Maybe I will catch one this spring. Here are some pics of some of my garters in the past.
Pic. of Coastalhttp://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/coppola73/Marincountyherping42404006.jpg?t=1200951419
Pic. of Oregon Red spotted
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/coppola73/OregonRed-Spotted.jpg?t=1200951220
And a pic of me with a nice gopher

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/coppola73/sacgopher.jpg?t=1200951271

[adamanteus]

Hi Kristian, and welcome to the forum.:) Nice pictures!

[Loren]

Hi Kristian, nice garters.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

pretty garters, do you still live in california? if your looking for a garter just wait untill spring and there will be tons of babies for sale on her

[CrazyHedgehog]

very nice coastal you have there!!

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard, Kristian. :) Nice garters, especially the Coastal.

[adamanteus]

The 'Coastal'.... that would be T. elegans terrestris, right? That's a beautiful looking snake.:)

[Sid]

Welcome to the forum, Kristian and thanks for sharing the photos. They are all great.

[gregmonsta]

Good stuff :) welcome aboard.

[Lori P]

Welcome, Kristian. You had some lovely snakes!! Great pics. :-)

[drache]

welcome to the forum Kristian
great photos and very nice snakes

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

Lol ignore my question.

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Kristian :)
Very nice garters :cool:

[tikichick]

Howdy from Texas! Glad ya found us :)

Nice pics!!

[zooplan]

happy welcome, Kristian!
Hope you´ll enjoy it like I do;)

[GarterGuy]

Howdy and welcome to the forum. Thanx for sharing your pics with us. Very nice looking T.e.terrestris and a good looking T.s.cocinnus too.

[Snaky]

Welcome to the forum, have fun here! :)

[drache]

pretty garters, do you still live in california?


Hello, my name is Kristian and I live in Mesa, AZ.

here's your answer, Reed

[anji1971]

Hello, and welcome! NIce snakes--hope you get a new garter soon!:)

[enigma200316]

Welcome to this wounderful forum..................:)

[GarterGirl]

Welcome Kristian. You have beautiful snakes!

[gregmonsta]

Greetings :)