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tspuckler
08-25-2011, 06:48 PM
I took a trip to NorCal in mid-August and found the following:

Big Coast

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2861.jpg

Brown Coast:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2820.jpg

Really red Coast Garter:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2566.jpg

California Red-sided:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2423.jpg

Aquatic intergrade:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2400.jpg

Not a Garter, but still very cool - my first Rubber Boa:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2378.jpg

I've got more pics in the "Herping USA" section of my website.
Starling96
08-25-2011, 06:58 PM
Cool snakes!
especially the redsided
how big was the rubber boa?
guidofatherof5
08-25-2011, 07:00 PM
As always Tim, AWESOME.
RedSidedSPR
08-25-2011, 07:07 PM
Sweet!!

Love the rubber boa... and the garters are ok too I guess...:rolleyes::D
d_virginiana
08-25-2011, 07:27 PM
Very nice, I like that rubber boa!
jitami
08-25-2011, 08:29 PM
Nice, Tim! Love the red sided! And the rubber boa, of course :)
woody44
08-25-2011, 09:16 PM
Nice finds and awesome pics!
kibakiba
08-26-2011, 07:07 AM
I kind of like the intergrade, it's cute.
BUSHSNAKE
08-27-2011, 12:21 PM
Congrats on a killer trip Tim...that infernalis, smoking! that intergrade is also smoking and looks gravid...what do ya think santa cruz and diablo intergrade?
tspuckler
08-27-2011, 02:14 PM
Starling96: (how big was the rubber boa?) That one was male and it was 16 inches. Later in the trip we found a gravid female, which was about two feet.

BUSHSNAKE: (what do ya think santa cruz and diablo intergrade?) Joe, they're said to be three-way intergrades between the two you mentioned and Oregon Garters. It's hard to say for sure, since they're so variable. I'd like to see the Red-sided after it shed, I think it would have been much more colorful. If you still need a male SC Garter, let me know.

Here's some more Coast Garter pics from the trip this month:

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2834.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2594.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2563.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2417.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2368.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/tspuckler/California%202011/IMG_2414.jpg
RedSidedSPR
08-27-2011, 02:17 PM
Sweet! those are all awesome! Tiny baby!