Have been enjoying thamnophis.com for a long time & finally have something to contribute!

Follow link below to our newpaper on T. sirtalis color patterns in Manitoba, South Dakota and Kansas. Had much help in this study from herpers & breeders. Plus had much fun rearing many hundreds of baby garter snakes. (& nearly went blind scoring color patterns on said baby snakes...)

Thanks to all,

Mike

PLoS ONE: Heritable Variation in Garter Snake Color Patterns in Postglacial Populations

P.S. Free download, woo woo!