Biggest Garters

[ssssnakeluvr]

and here's my 31 inch female red sided garter, slightly older pic...about 27 inches at the time of this pic.

[ssssnakeluvr]

....and my western terrestrial garter....33 inches long.

[Sid]

Open link below for an unusually marked 39 inch Eastern Garter. My largest by far.

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[abcat1993]

What attachment?

[KITKAT]

My Florida Blue female was 36 inches long, and had a large section of her tail missing from a lawnmower. She was WC, and I kept her for a time, then gave her to a friend in Florida, as she was too old to breed.

[abcat1993]

Do you have a pic of her with you or something to compare it to?
I am a juvenile snake now!

[abcat1993]

Are eastern garter snakes the biggest type of garter? If not what is? Just wondering how big mine will get

[Stefan-A]

T. sirtalis is the second largest species, I think (135-140cm / 53-55"). T. gigas (Giant garter snake) would be the largest (160-165cm / 63-65"). Of course these are just the estimated maximum lengths, I doubt either actually gets that big and the males are generally a lot smaller.

If you have a male, it probably won't grow bigger than 65-70cm / 25-27".

[Cazador]

I was just reading a book last night that said T. gigas normally only lives to be 5-7 years old in captivity, compared to a normal lifespan of about 10 years for most other species. This is a common phenomenon, where larger organisms in a clade have reduced lifespans.

[abcat1993]

Where can you find these for sale? I probably wouldn't get one but I thought they were threatened? Although I think the california red sided or some other popular California garter is threatened/endangered.