BC and Albertan gartersnakes

[joeysgreen]

Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi- Valley Garter Snake


Thamnophis e. elegans - Wandering or Western Terrestrial Gartersnake



And some home grown thamnophis sirtalis pariatalis - Red sided Garter Snake




I hope you like them all. I am still looking to find some radix and I'll have Alberta's three species covered

Ian

[ssssnakeluvr]

Nice pics!!! Love the red siders from up there...would love to have a pair or 2!!!!! Nice wandering...western terrestrial is a different snake, not in Canada....some day I will make it up to the snakes dens...have wanted to since I was a kid!!!

[Elliot]

Nice pictures.

[joeysgreen]

Thanks guys. What is the latin for western terrestrial? This one was in BC and the pamphlets to local parks called them western terrestrials. You can never trust common names eh

This den is actually a short commute from Edmonton, the more famous dens are further east in Manitoba. Still, I can't complain about several hundred snakes!

Ian

[ssssnakeluvr]

wandering garters are thamnophis elegans vagrans, western terrestrials are thamnophis elegans terrestris.

[ti-pite]

Thanks guys. What is the latin for western terrestrial? This one was in BC and the pamphlets to local parks called them western terrestrials. You can never trust common names eh

This den is actually a short commute from Edmonton, the more famous dens are further east in Manitoba. Still, I can't complain about several hundred snakes!

Ian

Hi Ian!

I just joined after finding this forum a few minutes ago.

since i was a kid i've dreamt of visiting the Narcisse dens. Recently I found out about a den near Stony Plain. Do you know where it is exactly? I would love to visit it and teach my kids about these amazing creatures!

pierre

[joeysgreen]

oh okay. You also just pointed out a brain fart I had, I called the wandering thamnophis e. elegans when it should've been e.vagrans. How far north do the terrestris go? Do you or anyone else know if it's the same subspecies of elegans in BC and Alberta?

Ian

[ssssnakeluvr]

t e terrestris is only along the coast of California up into Oregon. Only t e vagrans up there.

[Odie]

Hi, from Oregon, Ian

[ssssnakeluvr]

brain fart eh???? have those on a regular basis here...lol!!!!!!!!