New snake owner

[thredhd]

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[guidofatherof5]

Not a ribbon snake. I believe that is a female Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis (Red Sided Garter).
Good looking snake.

[ProXimuS]

That's what I'm leaning towards too...Very pretty girl nonetheless!

Does anyone know, is it common for garters(and probably other types of snakes) to be sold as completely wrong species?

[guidofatherof5]

Yes. Rhea and I were discussing this very thing the other day. I need to start a thread with that in mind.

Thanks for the brain nudge.

[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

She's lovely!!

[Steveo]

That's what I'm leaning towards too...Very pretty girl nonetheless!

Does anyone know, is it common for garters(and probably other types of snakes) to be sold as completely wrong species?

I see it on kingsnake.com pretty frequently. Mostly dealers who don't know what they have. Right now you can get some "Western Garter Snakes" which are actually Plains garters.

[Invisible Snake]

Does anyone know, is it common for garters(and probably other types of snakes) to be sold as completely wrong species?

It happens a lot with garter snakes, my guess is because they aren't as "popular" as boas/pythons and corns/kings.

[thredhd]

well this one was sold as just a garter. i don't know that they had a subspecies on the tag. but it was someone else who told us it was a ribbon. with his job he should have known what he was talking about lol.