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Stefan-A
10-09-2009, 10:18 AM
Comments about this month's photo and caption competitions get posted here, so that we keep the competition threads free of clutter.

Before submitting any pictures, please read the rules.
zooplan
10-11-2009, 12:07 PM
Hey, James,

you should put your entry unchanged to the Caption Contest
ROFL !!!
Charis
10-21-2009, 09:40 AM
Now I know the Mods are busy, but is the Sept. winning picture going to be put up on the intro page?
Stefan-A
10-21-2009, 09:43 AM
Thanks for the reminder.
GarterGeek
10-21-2009, 01:29 PM
I must say; It is going to be SUPER hard picking this month's winner. There are some seriously evil looking snakes...Not to mention fantastic photography. :)
Charis
10-21-2009, 01:51 PM
I totally agree! Think I have it narrowed down to two that I like best, so far, but it's going to be really, really hard choosing between them!
wadih
10-28-2009, 06:04 AM
Afternoon break...
zooplan
10-29-2009, 12:19 PM
@wadih

Nice entry to the photo contest, but that is not eligible because it is no garter snake.
What kind of snake is it?
Stefan-A
10-29-2009, 01:04 PM
Thanks for pointing that out. It seems to be a Natrix.
GarterGeek
10-29-2009, 02:53 PM
Thanks for pointing that out. It seems to be a Natrix.

Doesn't it look more like Nerodia? I'm not very good with identification, but from this head-shot it looks just like a Nerodia Sipedon I rescued over the summer.
Stefan-A
10-29-2009, 03:02 PM
Doesn't it look more like Nerodia? I'm not very good with identification, but from this head-shot it looks just like a Nerodia Sipedon I rescued over the summer.
That was my first thought, but the preocular scales didn't seem right.
GarterGeek
10-29-2009, 03:25 PM
That was my first thought, but the preocular scales didn't seem right.

Those are the scales around the eyes, right? I'm sorry, I'm still working on my terminology.:o
What didn't seem right about them? I'm not sure what to look for...
Stefan-A
10-29-2009, 03:27 PM
Those are the scales around the eyes, right? I'm sorry, I'm still working on my terminology.:o
What didn't seem right about them? I'm not sure what to look for...
Yeah, the scales just in front of the eye. Garters tend to have one scale, in some cases two and it appears to be the same with Nerodia.
wadih
10-30-2009, 06:29 AM
Hmmmm.... This is really strange.

This is one of the first snakes I bought and I always knew that it was a young garter male snake. Although I noticed some differences between it and my other garter snakes, but I am sure that when I bought the snake I asked for a garter. In fact now I am not sure what is it !!!

In all cases here is a bigger picture for it, maybe it will be easier to identify it.

Hopefully my next month picture will be accepted in the contest
drache
10-30-2009, 08:15 AM
well, I'll leave the mystery snake to the experts, but the other one looks very much like a garter to me - both lovely snakes
curious about the final verdict regarding the non-garter
Stefan-A
10-30-2009, 10:14 AM
I'm not convinced either one is a garter. At least, I don't remember seeing any Thamnophis species with two dorsal stripes. I think it might be two Natrix species, Natrix natrix persa (which does have two dorsal stripes) and Natrix tessellata.
drache
10-30-2009, 05:57 PM
the one facing left? - I'm only seeing one dorsal stripe, Stefan
the rest of the pattern is unfamiliar to me, and it may well be some kind of natrix
to me it just really looks like a garter - the face, the dorsal stripe . . .
I do admit that with my poor eyesight it's too small to see sufficient detail in the face, but I'm pretty sure it really does only have one dorsal stripe
count dewclaw
10-30-2009, 07:45 PM
I Google'd Natrix natrix persa and found this picture
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Natrix_natrix_persa1.jpg

I think Stefan is right. The spots in the picture posted by wadih looked too big for a garter to me. If you look closely you can see the double dorsal stripe on the edge of the snake.
drache
10-30-2009, 08:17 PM
okay - still don't quite see the detail, but somehow that does look right
drache
10-31-2009, 04:32 PM
it just occurred to me . . .
shouldn't we be voting - a week ago or so?
Stefan-A
10-31-2009, 04:40 PM
it just occurred to me . . .
shouldn't we be voting - a week ago or so?
We should, but the last contest took two weeks longer than normal to finish. Plus, nobody seems to care if we stick to the schedule.
jitami
11-04-2009, 03:21 PM
What a tough contest! It's so hard to think of a garter being evil. Even flattened out I just want to say, "awww lookie how cute... she's just not a happy wittle girl." :D
Charis
11-04-2009, 03:34 PM
This one was really hard to vote on. Had too many good pictures!
aSnakeLovinBabe
11-04-2009, 07:53 PM
the snake on the left looks a lot like my natrix tesselata!
Stefan-A
11-10-2009, 02:55 PM
Congratulations to the winner of the photo contest. Petruga, what's the next theme?
Petruga
11-10-2009, 06:38 PM
Thanks to all who voted for my picture, and the next theme is eye shots, and lol when you gunna put my pic up ;)