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snakeman
09-29-2008, 02:35 PM
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Image001.jpg
snakeman
09-29-2008, 02:36 PM
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Image002.jpg
Sid
09-29-2008, 02:39 PM
Very nice looking. Sirtalis?
snakeman
09-29-2008, 02:41 PM
Yes, thats all we have here.All the rain must have washed it up from under the building.It's the only one I have ever seen around here with any kind of color.
Lori P
09-29-2008, 02:56 PM
REALLY nice color!!! Wow. :-)
jitami
09-29-2008, 03:08 PM
Very pretty!
GartersRock
09-29-2008, 03:19 PM
WOW! Nice find!!!
gregmonsta
09-29-2008, 03:44 PM
Love the colours :D
Snake lover 3-25
09-29-2008, 04:48 PM
from the first pic it looks like a girl too!!!:D nice find:D
infernalis
09-29-2008, 06:48 PM
Looks like Cheeto, Congrats!! Nice find:D
olive oil
09-29-2008, 06:55 PM
How can you tell it look's like a girl?:confused:
Lori P
09-30-2008, 05:49 AM
How can you tell it look's like a girl?:confused:

The eyelashes and lipstick gave it away for me... :D:D

Sorry. Feeling bratty this morning. :p
olive oil
09-30-2008, 01:43 PM
Guess I set myself up for that one. I was just wondering how he could tell.
infernalis
09-30-2008, 03:09 PM
Girls have bigger hips.... When looking at the tail section one can usually tell, however the most accurate way would be to insert a probe into the vent (for adults) or Popping (babies)

There is a thread with the diagrams of tail structures somewhere:eek:
olive oil
09-30-2008, 03:18 PM
Thank you Wayne I'll try to find it.
Snaky
10-01-2008, 02:43 AM
Nice find :)
crzy_kevo
10-01-2008, 09:05 AM
just go to alan francis's garter snake page he has a pic with how to tell the difference just google alan francis garter and it should come up
bsol
10-01-2008, 04:28 PM
What part of Pa are you in?
bsol
10-01-2008, 04:33 PM
just go to alan francis's garter snake page he has a pic with how to tell the difference just google alan francis garter and it should come up

btw - good page!
snakeman
10-01-2008, 05:23 PM
I am in langhorne, pa
bsol
10-01-2008, 05:50 PM
Eastern Pa - how often do you go on excursions for snakes... I just saw a pic of a cottonmouth you caught! Must have been down south somewhere... right?
snakeman
10-02-2008, 04:11 AM
I don't get out as much as I would like to.I go to a local park and see a ton of garters and some ringnecks.All the garters are normal.I used to go to jersey a lot.I just have not found the time this year.The cottonmouth was from my SC trip this year.
bsol
10-02-2008, 12:48 PM
right on.
If you guys go out at all next year let me know! I'd be interested in tagging a long. The solo missions get kind of lame for me after a while.
infernalis
10-02-2008, 01:29 PM
I live in western NY, so unless east PA is Philly, you are welcome to come here.

There is 10,000 acres available to look for herps:D
bsol
10-03-2008, 05:43 AM
definately... what town do you live in?
I get kind of skittish when I'm out in my local state parks. I feel like I'm burying a body when I flip logs or rocks looking for anything... hehe!
I'm not completely up on the Pa laws and by-laws. Plus its state ground.
infernalis
10-03-2008, 05:52 AM
My personal plot is 40 acres, my neighbor and friend owns another 60, including some additional wet areas.

The rest is state land, I have been here since 1973, and I can honestly say no one cares if a yellow or red garter snake is collected.

I know several D.E.C guys myself, and they don't have any interest in garter snakes unless some blatant land raping were pointed out to them.
bsol
10-03-2008, 06:38 AM
good deal! I'll have to get a hold of you next spring/summer to do a herp scavenger hunt! hehe
Thamnophis
10-03-2008, 12:07 PM
Beautiful colors!
Snake lover 3-25
10-03-2008, 04:51 PM
wow wayne!!! that's alot of herping area!!!!:eek: