Sex/species again

[angrygamer]

To add, I'm also trying to correct the formatting now, it didn't come out as previewed.

Hey guys. Haven't posted in a bit, it's been a stressful two weeks. I got my dad to take a few pics because I still really don't know what Glyph is. It was a last minute sort of thing and my dad and I were both tired and he was messing with the macro lens on his camera and then he had to go. Some pics I took were blurry and really not even worth posting (his macro lens is HEAVY) and then some pics were taken in the wrong format. grr. But considering that the vet was wrong with pretty much everything else she said, it's hard to say whether Glyph is a male Radix. I haven't fussed with this for a while.





Comparing pics on the 'net really leads me to believe that Glyph is a Wandering, as someone pointed out some time ago. I believe it was PINJOHN, but I looked and I can't find the post. After comparing Radix/Wandering pics it is pretty clear to me that Glyph is a Wandering, but I really don't want to say for sure because I've seen a few Radix pics and I can tell why the vet might be confused - but she seemed so sure of herself.(click for big)


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Oh, I wanted to add that Glyph is now 30 inches, up from 24 in December.

[katach]

The tail looks female to me, but I'm no expert.

[indigoman]

I would say wandering female.

[EasternGirl]

I don't know...I'm not seeing any tapering...I'm thinking male....and I have no idea the species...but he/she is gorgeous Travis!

[angrygamer]

Here's a couple more...

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[EasternGirl]

What a cutie! I'm not that good with identifying species because I haven't seen many of the different species in person. As far as sexing by pics goes, I'm just starting to try doing it so...I still get confused. Better get some more input from other members.

[guidofatherof5]

Pure female. I leaning towards Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake

Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake

[angrygamer]

Thanks Marnie! Pulling two similar random images of each off of Google, you can see what I mean:






Radix:

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Wandering:


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grr formatting again

[angrygamer]

Pure female. I leaning towards Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake

Thamnophis elegans vagrans - Wandering Gartersnake

Thanks! I asked the vet why she thought it was a Radix and she said because of the checkered pattern. Some variations of Radix are very similar to Wandering, but the pattern is not as distinct.

[Eddie]

Female Wandering