Thamnophis elegans terrestris

[thamneil]

Beautiful terrestris! Love the variation between localities. These guys are known for cannibalism right?

[ConcinusMan]

Not just locality. You can find a lot of variation at the same location.

[Invisible Snake]

Flame morph is an eastern garter snake. Coast garters vary a lot in pattern, amount and shade of red, and distribution of the red coloring. The only place I've ever found them is right on the beach (hundreds of them) so they are certainly named appropriately.

Thanks Richard, I am aware that flames are easterns, I'm just not familiar with coast garters and they're color variations.

[ConcinusMan]

Thanks Richard, I am aware that flames are easterns

OK, I must have somehow misunderstood

Awesome breeding pair, the female appears to be a flame morph am I correct?