just caught this little girl

[drumcrush]

20130803_181818.jpg I just caught this baby. it's a female, she apears to be about a year old, maybe a little less. I'm not sure what type of garter snake she is though. If anyone know, please let me know.

[guidofatherof5]

My guess would be Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake.

Can you give us the county it was found in?

Garters of Indiana

Thamnophis butleri - Butler's Garter Snake
Thamnophis proximus proximus - Western Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis radix - Plains Garter Snake
Thamnophis sauritus sauritus - Eastern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis - Northern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus - Chicago Garter Snake

[drumcrush]

Yeah, united states. indiana to be exact

[guidofatherof5]

Actually, I typed county not country.

Was it Allen County?

[drumcrush]

Ooohhh yeah. east allen county

[guidofatherof5]

Let me see if The Garter Snake - Evolution and Ecology(Rossman, Ford and Seigel) will shed some light on a possible I.D.

[guidofatherof5]

Here's the range map for T.sirtalis sirtalis - Eastern Garter Snake according to "The Garter Snake - Evolution and Ecology" by Rossman, Ford and Seigel
Allen County is clearly in the Eastern's range.
It's not a Ribbon or a radix and I don't think it's a Butler's

I'll go with Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis.

[jwolfe152]

i would say your correct steve that looks like T.s.sirtalis she looks just like all 4 of mine. even with it being a darker photo i would be confident saying its an eastern

[drumcrush]

20130803_181754.jpg here is an over head picture if you guys wanted to see. thanks for all the information.

[jwolfe152]

oh yea thats an eastern nice looking one too. if you give her a bath you will see her true beauty shine there are usually pretty dirty when first caught after i bathed mine, WOW, you can see much more color in the dorsal scales