Hello everyone, new member here and this is my first post. I'm fairly new to keeping garter snakes and currently only have one. I recently acquired her from craigslist via a college student. Apparently the snake's mother was captured in Iowa and brought to Cornell University where she gave birth. My snake is one of those babies. I was told that she's a plains garter but looking through various web sites and books I think I disagree with this identification, she looks more like a red-sided to me. Perhaps someone can give me some confirmation? Regardless of what she is I absolutely love this little snake, tons of personality. I can see myself really getting into garter snakes in the future, this seemed like the place to be!

And finally, some pictures. Her name is Sheila.

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