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i_heart_sneakie_snakes
09-13-2011, 07:03 PM
I have lived here in same house for 4 years and I have searched for garters lots of times. We live right where our backyard is attached to a huge lake and is green and nice and on the other side of the house it is kind of desert. I have never even caught a glimpse of a wild snake. Sadly today I found one, ran over in front of my house :( What kind of garter was this poor girl?? I think she looks like my Eastern, but we are in Washington. She was big too. Poor thing :(

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk243/Sweet_Malibu/IMG_7798.jpg
tennfan56
09-13-2011, 07:06 PM
Looks like a wandering garter to me.
kibakiba
09-13-2011, 07:08 PM
I agree, Wandering seems like the best bet, it's too big (looking, at least) to be a NW, doesn't look anything like a puget or fitchii.
guidofatherof5
09-13-2011, 07:17 PM
I'm thinking Wandering(T.elegans vagrans) Male

Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake (http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/t.e.vagrans.html)

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/wandering.jpg
RedSidedSPR
09-13-2011, 07:18 PM
Oh.. they are in WA... yeah, wandering it is then.

That sucks though, that that's the only snake you've seen.:(
Mrs N1ntndo
09-13-2011, 07:23 PM
thats sad. Hubby sent me a pic of an eastern today that had gotten ran over also. The one he saw was about 2 ft . So so sad when this happens to snakes.
i_heart_sneakie_snakes
09-13-2011, 07:59 PM
Wandering huh?? I feel so bad for the poor girl :( Tell me a bit about these garters please??
katach
09-13-2011, 08:01 PM
Those spots on him look a lot like some of my babies...
RedSidedSPR
09-13-2011, 08:01 PM
Wandering huh?? I feel so bad for the poor girl :( Tell me a bit about these garters please??

They eat each other.:D
kibakiba
09-13-2011, 08:05 PM
It's likely not a NW, Kat. That snake looks way too big to be a NW, even if it were old.

How big was it, do you know? I have found a wandering garter before, feisty little thing!
katach
09-13-2011, 08:07 PM
Just the markings reminded me of some of the babies.
i_heart_sneakie_snakes
09-13-2011, 08:09 PM
How big was it, do you know? I have found a wandering garter before, feisty little thing!

It was probably 32-34 inches.
kibakiba
09-13-2011, 08:17 PM
Big snakie!
katach
09-13-2011, 08:20 PM
This is the one I was thinking about that looks similar.
kibakiba
09-13-2011, 08:21 PM
Yeah, NWs are cool like that.
katach
09-13-2011, 08:26 PM
I have questions now, but I'll start my own thread for that. Back to the poor squished wandering.