New Melanistic Wandering Garter

[infernalis]

Just received confirmation that this stunner ships Monday... He is an adult, the owner is downsizing, so I guess I'm "upsizing":cool:


http://www.thamnophis.co/herp/melanistic.jpg

[sirtalis01]

ive been trying to get a pair for some time now...i nv uuuuu...lol
beautifull!!

[RdubSnider]

Awesome looking snake.

[infernalis]

I will take pics when it arrives, they used a cell phone to take the pic I posted.

The collector I obtained him from is one of the better snake keepers, so I anticipate a nice healthy well fed specimen.

[RicMartin]

Beautiful!

[Scott F]

Wayne,

Sharp vagrans, am hopeful mine is gravid, they are tough to breed !

Scott

[drache]

beautiful
congrats, Wayne

[guidofatherof5]

Super cool. Very nice.

[sirtalis01]

Hey Scott let me know if yours drop i want a pair..

[d_virginiana]

Congrats, that's a beautiful snake!

[infernalis]

Thanks... he will be my second male wandering.. no ladies yet.

[RedSidedSPR]

Awesome snake. I love melanistics!

[infernalis]

He arrived today safe and sound.

awesome silky black, very healthy and vibrant snake.

Pics to follow after he settles in.

[RedSidedSPR]

Cant' wait. I frickin' love melanistics!

[andycul]

That is one stunning snake :D

[ssssnakeluvr]

I can get female wanderings =)

[jitami]

Gorgeous!

[RedSidedSPR]

indeed. i want one :D

[Hornets23]

Wow! Congrats..that snake is wicked awesome!

[PINJOHN]

we all love the garter snake among'st other things, because of their wonderful vibrant colours but as soon as a melanistic comes along, everyone including me goes GAGA ssstrange :o

[kibakiba]

I prefer the ones that look like logs of poop or moss ;)

[infernalis]

I know I posted these on my other thread..

I named him Ice-T


http://www.thamnophis.us/shoot/IceT.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/shoot/mouth.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.us/shoot/MW1.jpg

[RedSidedSPR]

Ice T.. is that significant? Cool snake, cool name.

[infernalis]

google it..

[RedSidedSPR]

I know who he IS, i was curious why you picked that. i love it!

[infernalis]

I like the character he plays on SVU. hard edge cool.

[RedSidedSPR]

Ok cool. I just really like the name, and was curious as to what made you pick it.

[jitami]

I like the character he plays on SVU. hard edge cool.

He has definitely aged well :p

YouTube - ‪Ice-T in the 80's - Oldschool collection‬‏ (http://youtu.be/VyFH-ksaAFQ)

[ConcinusMan]

Now that's what I'm talking about. I would love to get my hands on a totally jet black garter. Melanistic easterns just don't quite cut it for me. Now that snake is a stunner!

[ssssnakeluvr]

shoulda said something sooner.... I just sold my pair of mel wanderings.......

[RdubSnider]

Yeah ill definitely be looking to add some of those to the collection in the future.

[ConcinusMan]

Ice T.. is that significant?

Well, he's black.:rolleyes: Better than "Iced P" I suppose.:p

[infernalis]

Now that's what I'm talking about. I would love to get my hands on a totally jet black garter. Melanistic easterns just don't quite cut it for me. Now that snake is a stunner!

I must admit, the wandering is much more shiny black and lacks the telltale white spotting of the easterns.

This guy is remarkably mellow for a male.

[ssssnakeluvr]

This guy is remarkably mellow for a male.

hmmmmm...... I haven't seen very many mean wanderings.... they are few and far between!

[brain]

I caught one of these years ago and let it go... to into Kings now I wish I had of kept it.
I just love that black sleak look.

[RedSidedSPR]

Me too. It's probably my favorite... Close at least

[Jeff B]

Wayne thats a great looking snake. I passed up an opportunity to get a pair of LTC mel wandering 3 yrs ago.....I think I made another mistake. Nice pic up.

[infernalis]

hmmmmm...... I haven't seen very many mean wanderings.... they are few and far between!


I made that as a general statement anyways Don, Most male garter snakes are squirrelly, but both of my male wanderings seem rather mellow. I can pick them up and they seem as if they could care less.

[RedSidedSPR]

I have 3 males, and 2 (flame and normal RS) are kinda skittish like you said. But my anery.... Seems like all he wants is for me to take him out. You can pick up his back half, and he would keep doing his thing with his front half, not even noticing.

[kibakiba]

My males don't mind handling, but I don't hold them much. They are less mellow than, say, Mama. Ember is more tame than Snakey when it comes to handling. He'll hang out more, lay around and relax, while Snakey just wants to move and court with everything... :D
Thumbelina is pretty calm when you hold him, too. He's a little sweetie.

[RedSidedSPR]

Your names confuse me sometimes... :D I always forget if Thumbelina and Ember are male or female :D kinda like Richards Amy...

[kibakiba]

Ember and Thumbelina are boys... Thumbelina was getting a bulky face and didn't have a "bulge" so I was totally sure he was a girl, but he ended up being a boy. He's also more calm than males normally are, which helped me believe he was a girl ;)

[RedSidedSPR]

I get it. I just forget sometimes....

[kibakiba]

I was just explaining.

[RedSidedSPR]

I know. I'm glad you did. Didn't mean to make It sound like that... Thanks.

[Kantar]

all these beautiful snakes... only if I lived 110km south of where I am right now I'd have alot more colorful garters than I do now. Its just so lengthy and super expencive to get US garters to canada unless I attempt to smuggle :/

wish canadian breeders would come out of hiding, about 2 or 3 years ago there was an ad on kijiji for california garter snakes.. was taken down within hours :(

I'll just go curl up in a corner