Hello fellow Thamnophis fans,

My name is Zach Lim and I just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I live in San Francisco, CA. Although I maintain a small collection of colubrids (mostly locality specific mountain kingsnakes and a few Thamnophis), my true passion is field herping. As of late, my main targets have been the various Thamnophis found within Northern CA. Here are a few of the snakes I was able to locate and photograph.

Thamnophis atratus atratus (San Mateo county)


T.atratus atratus, Young of Last Year (San Mateo County)- now in my collection


T.atratus INTERGRADE (Marin county)




T.elegans terrestris (San Francisco)


T.elegans terrestris "Flame Phase" (San Mateo county)



T.sirtalis infernalis "Blue Phase" (Marin county)



Although I have been herping for some time now, I never really focused on garters. Now, as I have slowly been checking off my life list of Bay Area herps, the hunt for garters is on. Time to get stinky.


Edit: Hmm...guess I can't post more then 6 pics on this forum....
-Zach