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    First, pics of my garter

    I think this is an eastern but not sure. Could it be a ribbon snake? I see a white bar in front of its eye.



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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    It's definitely not a ribbon. Eastern, like you already guessed.

    But the bar in front of the eye is very bright on a ribbon and they don't have any supralabial markings at all. Their lips are more or less pure white, just like the bar in front of the eye.

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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    she looks JUST like my baby boy!!!!!!!

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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    shes lovely, how small is she? shes just so cute

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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    Looks like a boy to me.
    Also, note that the sides have the characteristic "Northeastern" markings of most of our garters here in MI. Ribbons lack these.
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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    Quote Originally Posted by Zephyr View Post
    Looks like a boy to me.
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    i will follow your view on that im still learning

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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    Quote Originally Posted by jeanette View Post
    i will follow your view on that im still learning
    The reason I say male is that the vent appears to be further up the end of the body, and the head size compared to the body size is small. Also, I've only seen this sort of reduced black pigmentation and overall color in males.
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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    yeah I'm saying Eastern as well................
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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    Definitely T. s sirtalis an Eastern Garter and nice looking one.
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    Re: First, pics of my garter

    very nice
    there's a little red on the sides too, right?
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