Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi-Cache Co. Utah

[BUSHSNAKE]

a very underrepresented species in the hobby...i think they're awesome

[guidofatherof5]

Awesome.
Always been on my wish list.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, I still don't know why that is Joe. The fitchi in WA are stunning. Much prettier than concinnus' in the state.

[kibakiba]

I caught a fitchi in my area once. Here they almost look like a northwestern, broader faces and very little colouring. They pretty much stay a yellow and black with very, very tiny dots of red on their sides... Gotta blend in with all the dry grass here to hide away from all the hungry birdies.

[Chondro788]

Those are really sweet!!!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Nice snake.

[Spankenstyne]

Beautiful example. I'm sure if more folks regularly posted pics of such nice examples there would be a lot more interest. We don't often see pics of them on message boards.

[ConcinusMan]

I caught a fitchi in my area once. Here they almost look like a northwestern, broader faces and very little colouring. They pretty much stay a yellow and black with very, very tiny dots of red on their sides... Gotta blend in with all the dry grass here to hide away from all the hungry birdies.

You mean like this one?


The one's I see in the Columbia River Gorge (as I go east I start seeing them around Stevenson) and eastern WA/OR are gorgeous. Very vivid yellow, rich red. But the amount of red does vary from a lot, to almost none.

[kibakiba]

Somewhat. They're pretty dull. And they have a little tiny bit of red on the face. I've never seen one anywhere near that vibrant here. Of course, around here... If you get spotted there's about 10 hawks ready to get you... Hah. There is a lot of dirt around here, and a lot of brown grass. They are really, *really* hard to spot once they hit the grass, even when you keep an eye on them. Some of them, I've probably mistaken for a northwestern from afar, with the lack or red or very little.

[BUSHSNAKE]

new pictures of fitchi