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Mexicofan
09-04-2010, 01:42 PM
Hello,

our radix red albino now gets darker every time he´s peeling.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0087.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_00921.jpg

and here are some Fotos for our godfather of radix, for Steve.

My little Big Mama. She is 1,17 m (46 inch) long.


http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0100.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0104a.jpg

and for today the last Fotos. My cyrtopsis cyrtopsis Lady. She´s now 11 years old and is still like a young Lady.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0109.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0106.jpg
ScimitarX
09-04-2010, 02:01 PM
very nice!! :D
kibakiba
09-04-2010, 02:24 PM
Very beautiful snakes! I have a snake named Big Mama but I usually call her Mama :)She's not even half the size of yours though!
Before I became a member of the forum I had never seen any garter snakes except for ordinoides, she was the biggest garter I had seen in my life :D
Mexicofan
09-04-2010, 02:29 PM
I forgot. Big Mama is a radix. :D
kibakiba
09-04-2010, 02:33 PM
I could see that from how she looked. I love radixes, such beautiful garters. When I move I'm definitely going to get myself a radix. :D
Spankenstyne
09-04-2010, 04:57 PM
Beautiful examples! Nice to see some older snakes photographed, she's gorgeous.
Mommy2many
09-04-2010, 05:45 PM
Very beautiful snakes. Muy bella!
I have some very large girls but not nearly the size of your wonderful 11 year old.
Snakers
09-04-2010, 07:31 PM
very nice snakes
Ringosmama
09-04-2010, 09:55 PM
how long did it take her to get that big? shes a pretty girl :)
ConcinusMan
09-04-2010, 10:33 PM
I don't know how old this pictured T.s. concinnus girl of mine is but I did raise one from a yearling that got to be her size (38 inches) at about 10 years old. She only grew a couple of more inches but lived to be 21 years old.
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2742/gedc1428.jpg

Awesome albino radix! I'm so envious. My 2009 male really did get more colorful as he reached sexual maturity, with the last few sheds, but not like yours.

Here he is as a baby:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/707/gedc0932.jpg

And now, today:
http://a.imageshack.us/img714/4751/dscn0634medium.jpg

I'm hoping that he'll continue to get more color.
guidofatherof5
09-05-2010, 07:06 PM
Konrad,
"That's no moon it's a space station" (Star Wars)

What have you been feeding that girl.
I am impressed. Did I mention I was impressed. Very impressive snake. Impressive size.
WOW:D
Have you bred her and if so are you keeping some offspring to see if her Giantism is genetic?
Keep up the good work.
Giant radixes. Next, world radix domination!
justme
09-05-2010, 08:34 PM
Wow! Thanks for sharing! ;-)
ConcinusMan
09-05-2010, 08:44 PM
Konrad,
"That's no moon it's a space station" (Star Wars)

What have you been feeding that girl.
I am impressed. Did I mention I was impressed. Very impressive snake. Impressive size.
WOW:D
Have you bred her and if so are you keeping some offspring to see if her Giantism is genetic?
Keep up the good work.
Giant radixes. Next, world radix domination!

Oh c'mon Steve. Really:rolleyes: she's just good sized for a female of her age. You talk like she's extraordinarily huge.



Giant radixes. Next, world radix domination!

Starting with the T. Radix ranch and then all of Iowa.

"Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"

"Same thing we do every night Pinky... try to take over the world!"

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As many of you might know, Pinky and the Brain never were very good planners, and being mice, I don't think they were counting on giant plains garter snakes getting in their way:p

Sorry about going off topic. I just love that cartoon. Comes from the wonderfully twisted mind of Steven Spielberg. I'd love to see him create another series based on Steve's mind-control ninja radixes vs. Pinky and the Brain. That would be awesome!
guidofatherof5
09-05-2010, 09:17 PM
Oh c'mon Steve. Really:rolleyes: she's just good sized for a female of her age. You talk like she's extraordinarily huge.



From: The Garter Snake-Evolution and Ecology-
Thamnophis radix is a relatively long species of garter snake, reaching a maximum total length of 1092 mm (Nero, 1957)"
That's 43 inches max.
I would say this snake qualifies for extraordinarily large.
I suppose you heard of one or you've seen one bigger?:rolleyes:

It's the longest radix I've ever seen. Did I metion I was impressed:D
guidofatherof5
09-05-2010, 09:31 PM
I could see that from how she looked. I love radixes, such beautiful garters. When I move I'm definitely going to get myself a radix. :D

You are so smart.;)
kibakiba
09-05-2010, 09:41 PM
Oh, I know that! I'm addicted to garter snakes :D I even bought myself 2 more thanks to Richard... I just have to convince my mom to allow me to have some more... She doesn't like the bigger garter snakes, though. She said Mama is the biggest she wants me to have while I live with her... I think most garters are bigger than Mama. Haha.
ConcinusMan
09-05-2010, 09:41 PM
Well I don't place too much faith in this Nero character but if you say that snake is extraordinarily huge, I'd say you are more qualified to make that judgment than Nero or myself.

I guess I didn't think that she's all that huge since I routinely find T. sirtalis (concinnus) that big or even bigger but then again, those aren't radixes.