Quote Originally Posted by kibakiba View Post
Well I had known that there were different morphs of them I hadn't seen the white one, though. But none of those look like the ones I had caught. Imagine Mama with a sky/light blue dorsal stripe, that's what it looked like. I can try to get a better picture of her if she decides to rest while I handle her. Her sides are a tan/light brown, which is what the blue snakes I found looked like. What I meant with the blue comment was, their dorsal stripe and sides are blue (or white), they look to be the same colour, right? The ones here are differently coloured Although I could understand that perhaps it was a different puget type? Another thing is, the pugets in the picture have such vibrant black colouring, the ones I had found varied from a slightly dull black to sort of brownish (like Mama). The one my friends dad had was pregnant and it was a deep brown with a blue stripe and tan sides
I'm a little confused but pictures help. The "white" puget you are referring to is not actually white. It's more of a yellow/greenish color. Only the stripes and face tend to be blue or greenish on pugets. The basic background color is always black or very dark. Side stripes and back stripe are always the same color. Northwestern garters have highly variable background color and the 3 stripe version (many only have a back stripe) usually has the side stripes a lighter or different color than the back stripe, like the one's you already showed us.

Deep brown with a blue stripe and tan sides does sound like a northwestern garter. A "common" garter in Washington State. actually, the most common reptile in the Pacific Northwest.