Springtime in Utah...wandering garters

[ssssnakeluvr]

I was able to get some pics of wandering garters coming out of a den site while at the animal days fair.....

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[ssssnakeluvr]

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the last 2 photos are of a hypermelanistic male....

[ssssnakeluvr]

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[ssssnakeluvr]

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[ssssnakeluvr]

here's the 3 males I kept for breeding

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and my favorite......the hypermel

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[ssssnakeluvr]

I thought this snake looked kind of odd.....found out late some kids had stepped on it the day before. not sure if it was on purpose or accident. the poor guy was dead


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[guidofatherof5]

That's a shame. The snake makes it all the way through brumation and gets killed that way.:(

Emerging snakes always look so rough and dirty.

[Stefan-A]

Excellent photos, Don. :)

[ssssnakeluvr]

Excellent photos, Don. :)
I kew you would love them!! :cool:

[ssssnakeluvr]

That's a shame. The snake makes it all the way through brumation and gets killed that way.:(

Emerging snakes always look so rough and dirty.

yea, crawling up thru the mud can be messy. was a real bummer....

[prattypus]

Nice pics, Don. I went today with my nephew and our cousin- we saw 6 wanderings, and one Radix- at least I think it was a Radix- bright orange stripe, darkish base color. Left the Wanderings to their business, but I tried to get the Plains, but it proved too elusive.

[charles parenteau]

Don I love all your pictures....the more i look at those wandering garter snake the more I like them!!!

[Stefan-A]

I kew you would love them!! :cool:
Yeah, I am pretty predictable. :D

[gregmonsta]

Nice finds :D

[jitami]

Very nice! We spent the day being rained on at a water polo tournament. The rain finally stopped just before we headed home... all the way home, at every marshy area, I just looked out the window and wistfully said, "I bet there's garter snakes down there." My mom was driving and at one point she threatened to drop me off on the side of the freeway so I could go play with snakes <gg> If only it was earlier in the day I may have taken her up on it.

[BUSHSNAKE]

cool pics Don!

[seena]

Description 18-42" (45.7-106.7 cm). Variable color and markings; may resemble Western Aquatic Garter Snake. Side stripe occupies 2nd and 3rd scale rows, but back stripe is usually well-defined. Space between stripes marked with dark spots or with scattered light specks. 8 upper lip scales; 6th and 7th enlarged. Internasal scales not pointed in front. Scales keeled, in 19-21 rows. Anal plate single.Subspecies Mountain Garter Snake (T. e. elegans), conspicuous stripes, back stripe yellow or orange, belly pale, plain, or with light spotting, no red markings; extreme w. Nevada, Sierra Nevada, and e. slope of n. Coast Ranges of California, north in Cascade Mountains of w. Oregon.Coast Garter Snake (T. e. terrestris), wide bright yellow back stripe, red or orange flecks on sides and belly; along coast, extreme sw. Oregon south to Santa Barbara County, California.

[ConcinusMan]

Well hello seena and welcome!

Is that post a description for a garter snake that you have perhaps?

Some things have changed since that was written, I must point out.:p