Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi-Cache Co. Utah

[BUSHSNAKE]

a very underrepresented species in the hobby...i think they're awesome

[guidofatherof5]

Awesome.
Always been on my wish list.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I still don't know why that is Joe. The fitchi in WA are stunning. Much prettier than concinnus' in the state.

[kibakiba]

I caught a fitchi in my area once. Here they almost look like a northwestern, broader faces and very little colouring. They pretty much stay a yellow and black with very, very tiny dots of red on their sides... Gotta blend in with all the dry grass here to hide away from all the hungry birdies.

[Chondro788]

Those are really sweet!!! :eek:

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Nice snake.

[Spankenstyne]

Beautiful example. I'm sure if more folks regularly posted pics of such nice examples there would be a lot more interest. We don't often see pics of them on message boards.

[ConcinusMan]

I caught a fitchi in my area once. Here they almost look like a northwestern, broader faces and very little colouring. They pretty much stay a yellow and black with very, very tiny dots of red on their sides... Gotta blend in with all the dry grass here to hide away from all the hungry birdies.

You mean like this one?
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r103/FunkyRes/Burney201005/IMG_2692.jpg

The one's I see in the Columbia River Gorge (as I go east I start seeing them around Stevenson) and eastern WA/OR are gorgeous. Very vivid yellow, rich red. But the amount of red does vary from a lot, to almost none.

[kibakiba]

Somewhat. They're pretty dull. And they have a little tiny bit of red on the face. I've never seen one anywhere near that vibrant here. Of course, around here... If you get spotted there's about 10 hawks ready to get you... Hah. There is a lot of dirt around here, and a lot of brown grass. They are really, *really* hard to spot once they hit the grass, even when you keep an eye on them. Some of them, I've probably mistaken for a northwestern from afar, with the lack or red or very little.

[BUSHSNAKE]

new pictures of fitchi

[indigoman]

They have been on my wish list for some time, how is their temperment?

[ssssnakeluvr]

very mellow!! will be getting a few more this spring myself =)

[ConcinusMan]

a very underrepresented species in the hobby...i think they're awesome

You should see the ones found in the Oregon Cascades. Absolutely stunning. Very bright colors. They almost look like they were painted.

[BUSHSNAKE]

i believe it Richard

[Hollis_Steed]

They're starting to move around this area as of last week with the sun coming out and warming things up. I haven't seen yet the numbers as I have in recent past years, but there are a few. Hopefully they're just sleeping in and will be more evident as the warm temperatures increase. In my experience they seem a bit more high strung than our other native species the wandering garter.

[ConcinusMan]

Oh I agree. Oregon and WA fitchii are the same way. A bit high strung like infernalis'. Never tried to keep any fitchii I caught, mainly for that reason. They don't seem like they want to settle down into captivity at all. They seem to remain very nervous, defensive, and a bit hostile. I'm sure there are exceptions though.