Unofficial first day

[Stefan-A]

• Arizona Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans arizonae (Tanner & Lowe, 1989)
• Mexican Wandering Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans errans (Smith, 1942)
• Coast Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans terrestris (Fox, 1951)
• Upper Basin Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans vascotanneri (Tanner & Lowe, 1989)
• Sierra San Pedro Mártir Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans hueyi (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1923)

Just wanted to point out that of these, the first and last two no longer exist and the one in the middle needs to be rearranged. Those populations that were considered terrestris before, may actually be T.e.elegans, T.e.vagrans and a small minority may still be T.e.terrestris.

Of course something different could happen and all the names may be reinstated for some populations once they've all been mapped.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, well I was vaguely aware of that. I mainly wanted to point out that "western terrestrial" covers T. elegans subspecies which include mountain garters and wandering garters. "common garter" is T. sirtalis which includes Red sided, oregon red spotted, eastern, etc.

[Reptar!]

Alright. So I know I haven't kept up with posting my finds on here. I have been pretty busy lately. Today I went out with a friend of mine. She wants to keep a garter as a pet. I would call today a success. I went out with her to two of the locations I know of that are active just to show her what different ones we had around. We didn't keep any, I was just showing her what is around. We found two wandering garters and two checkers and a plains. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me. They were beautiful. She really liked the checkers that we found. When we got back to my house I showed her this website and she loved what she saw. She really loves all the different ones you guys all have. I sent her a link to here so maybe we will have a new member soon! Lol ok Im done, I could rant all night. Just thought I would update you guys on whats going on here in beautiful Colorado.