Manitobas Garters

[Kantar]

It has been bugging me for so long, I see 4 different patterned garters. But some in a certain area I find more than the others

From left to right we'll call them A, B and C


A and C - 80 out of 100 times I'll see this snake while B the rest of those times

D - use serpent for example, I only find maybe once a year


The red sided is obvious, but what about the other 3?

I don't want to be confused any longer

[RedSidedSPR]

D looks like a radix!

[d_virginiana]

I'm not really good at identifying, but I've seen quite a few easterns with similar patterns to C.

[guidofatherof5]

D is an awesome radix.

[RedSidedSPR]

To me they all look like,

A. Eastern
B. Red sided
C. Eastern
D. Radix

Nothing crazy. But what do I know.

D looks like a radix!

I made it sound like it only LOOKED like a radix. Not what I meant.

D is an awesome radix.

[mfwestphal]

A,B & C are all sirts, d is a radix. That's the Manitoba hypervariability in full cry.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

A b and c arelikely all parietalis. They don't need to have red on them to be considered parietalis!

[Kantar]

That is all in this area though, from Stephenfield Lake to St. Lupicin

Google Maps

[RedSidedSPR]

That is all in this area though, from Stephenfield Lake to St. Lupin

what's your point?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Yes D without question is thamnophis radix. But seeing a high degree of variation in the same locality is very common... the easterns in my backyard are all a little different! A B and C are probably all parietalis but they could be s. sirtalis or even intergrades of the two! I like A, with the white flecks!