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    "First shed In Progress" WarriorPrincess's Avatar
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    I found an Albino Garden Snake

    I Live in the Portland area
    Can anyone tell me what kind of Garden snake this is?
    and Is it dangerous to let my GodSon have as a pet
    I went and got a home with some baby crickets for it to eat
    but don't know much about snakes just it was the most
    different garden snake I've seen in Portland in over 40 years
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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    I think this thread got delayed...
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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    Welcome to the forum.
    Not a garden snake------"Garter Snake" Common mistake.
    No crickets or bugs of any kind.
    Here's a link to the care sheet.
    Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets
    Not sure of the ID on your snake.
    Maybe T.sirtalis(common garter snake) but that's just a guess.
    Don't think it's T.ordinoides (Northwestern Garter Snake) or T.elegans (Western Terrestrial Garter Snake)
    but I'm just not sure. People with more experience with the snakes of that area will have to post.

    Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    Welcome to the forum family! Garter snakes are very good pets. They are interactive and wonderful company.
    That face looks NW to me. If it is, you have a very rare find there. Is it possible to get some more, very clear, pictures of the face and body. You have 4 species of garters in your state. There are subspecies as well so you have several possibilities.

    Santa Cruz Garter(Thamnophis atratus):

    Western Terrestrial(Thamnophis elegans):

    Northwestern(Thamnophis ordinoides):

    Common(Thamnophis sirtalis):
    Kat
    2.2 T.s.pickeringii, 0.4.7 T.ordinoides 1.1 T.marcianus 1.1 T. radix 1.0 T.s.parietalis 1.2 Pseudacris regilla

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    The head looked a little to big to be a Northwestern but you live with them, so.
    Steve
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    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    The head looked a little to big to be a Northwestern but you live with them, so.
    As babies, the head is bigger in relation to the body. They "catch up to" their head later. It looks to be a newborn from a late season birth.

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    The photos are a little too blurry to be sure. I could just be projecting

    I got the maps from this site:
    Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon
    Last edited by katach; 11-17-2011 at 07:13 PM.
    Kat
    2.2 T.s.pickeringii, 0.4.7 T.ordinoides 1.1 T.marcianus 1.1 T. radix 1.0 T.s.parietalis 1.2 Pseudacris regilla

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    Quote Originally Posted by katach View Post
    The photos are a little too blurry to be sure. I could just be projecting

    I got the maps from this site:
    Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon
    Thanks for posting the site with those maps.
    Steve
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    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/thamnophis14?feature=mhee

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    it's a little too blurry to tell what species of garter snake

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    Re: I found an Albino Garden Snake

    No problem
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    2.2 T.s.pickeringii, 0.4.7 T.ordinoides 1.1 T.marcianus 1.1 T. radix 1.0 T.s.parietalis 1.2 Pseudacris regilla

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