Hello from Hollister

[mfwestphal]

I'm Mike, I got my PhD from Oregon State in 2007, postdoc at K-State for a year then off to work for the Bureau of Land Management as an ecologist. Have had more garter snakes pass through my fingers than I like to remember. I've caught just about every kind of garter snake there is to be caught in every state Canadian province west of the Mississippi (except Texas -- haven't done Texas yet) and have cruised the East fairly intensively too. Big dream is to get south of the border & sample the wonderful Thamnophis diversity. Thanks for a great site,

Mike

[Stefan-A]

Welcome aboard.

[jitami]

Welcome, Mike :)

[guidofatherof5]

Nice to have you on the forum.

[infernalis]

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

[PINJOHN]

Welcome from a balmy Liverpool evening.
WOW all those garters,on this site credentials don't come any more impressive than that :eek:

[hjelte]

Welcome from Sweden!

[RedSidedSPR]

Welcome to the forum!

[katach]

Welcome to the forum family. Do you keep any garters?

[tress29]

Hi, Mike!

[chris-uk]

Welcome aboard Mike. It sounds like you have a wealth of knowledge just waiting to be "downloaded" and shared online.

[mfwestphal]

I keep a few local sirtalis just to keep it real. Two infernalis from Monterey Co. and a fitchi from western Merced Co.

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T. s. fitchi


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T. s. infernalis


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Ahh, the fitchi is protecting his buddy from the big bad person with the camera.

[katach]

Those are beautiful!

[RedSidedSPR]

Awesome snakes! That infernalis is not happy.

[kibakiba]

Are you kidding, Jesse? Look at that fitchi! Her head is as flat as a cracker.

[RedSidedSPR]

The fitchi too!

But the infernalis is flatter.