Blacknecks Are Different

[ThamGirl]

Maybe it's because mine are from the local desert? The other locals I've talked to who keep Black Necks have said the same things- they have issues with them if there isn't a good light source.

[norcalj]

Speaking of different, Kris Haas found this cyrtopsis at the bottom of an empty swimming pool in Mexico. Hypomel/albino? First that I've seen or heard of. Nice!

That's a Cyrtopsis? Are you sure it's not a Marcianus?

[guidofatherof5]

Here's another of those hypos from 8/24/2011. Thanks Steve Schmidt for the info.
Western Black-necked Gartersnake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis)

[ConcinusMan]

Maybe it's because mine are from the local desert?

Where do you think my friend got them?

He's had them 4 years now in a rack. Gopher snake too from the same area. Man that thing is gorgeous.

[chris-uk]

That's a Cyrtopsis? Are you sure it's not a Marcianus?

The neck and the texture of the black (that each black check is made up of closely spaced stripes) says cyrtopsis.

[ConcinusMan]

Definitely. Both hypomels are western blacknecks.