New to Forum (pics)

[anchietae]

I just found this forum and thought I would contribute a few pics of wild Thamnophis.

Some Puget Sound Garters (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii)
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/pick3sm.JPG

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/pick1sm.JPG

http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/DSCN7259.jpg

A colorful Valley Garter from Central Washington (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi)
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/fitch1small.JPG

An exceptionally bright Red Spotted Garter (Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus).
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/concinnus_A.JPG

A California Red-sided Gaters (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis).
http://www.geckosunlimited.com/community/gallery/data/500/DSCN7135.jpg

[indigoman]

Welcome to the forum! Beautiful photos, excellent subjects with amazing colors!

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.
Great photos . Thanks for sharing.

[Mommy2many]

Amazing photos! Seems to me these subjects would be easy to spot with their colors. Our Easterns blend in nicely with their surroundings and are very difficult to see:D

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/mat.jpg

[gregmonsta]

Greetings :D .... very nice shots!!!

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Anchietae :)

[anchietae]

Thanks for the warm welcome! We are quite spoiled here on the West Coast. Unfortunately, it's going to be a long winter.

[drache]

welcome to the forum
and thanks for bringing those fantastic photos

[ConcinusMan]

Welcome! What a great way to introduce yourself!

Dang, that concinnus sure is bright. Hurts my eyes.:p

You can check out http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/7090-concinnusmans-garters.html if you would like to see several other morphs of that subspecies. Yes, that's a blue concinnus in my avatar!:eek:

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8866/dscn0520u.jpg

[mustang]

how can you tell the difference of a cal. red sided from a san fransisco garter?

[anchietae]

California red-sideds have red bars or blotches between the stripes. San Francisco Garters have red (or orange) stripes between the mid-dorsal and lateral stripes. I don't have any tetrataenia pics for comparison. They are both gorgeous!

Here's an California red-sided (infernalis) and a Red-spotted (concinnus) for comparison. :)

[anchietae]

ConcinnusMan-Beautiful snakes!

[ConcinusMan]

TKS, your two snakes are incredible!

If I had to guess I would say that the concinnus is from the southern portion of their range? I'm just saying I noticed the colors tend to start looking more like infernalis if you find concinnus in the southern extremes of their range.