I caught this red sided garter snake last week in Marin. I was taking my wife out to lunch when I seen it. It musked all over me, so I had to clean up before we could eatI usually do not "bag" reptiles out of the wild, but this is the nicest garter I have ever caught. Someone refered me to this forum, so I thought I would check it out. I keep some other snakes, but I have not kept a gartersnake since I was a teen(30years ago) thanks for looking
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09-30-2007, 11:05 PM #1Subadult snake
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red sided garter
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10-01-2007, 12:54 PM #2Subadult snake
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Re: red sided garter
It just ate a tree frog scented mouse
. I was sooo excited to see it eat, I yelled to my wife, "Come look, it is eating!" She don't get how important that is
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10-01-2007, 01:06 PM #3The red side of life.
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It looks like painted
What size is it?
The pattern is really similar to a red spotted garter.
Thanks for sharing this rare sight!
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10-01-2007, 01:12 PM #4thamnophis puniceus
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That is a really beautiful snake! Congrats on finding him. Now send him here. LOL
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10-01-2007, 01:48 PM #5Thamnophis Addict
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Very nice Garter and welcome to the forum.
Sid
9.14 T. s sirtalis, 2.2. T. ordinoides, 1.1 T. e vagrans, 1.1 T. s parietalis,
1.0 T. s sackenii- Peninsular Ribbon
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10-01-2007, 01:48 PM #6Truieneer, e ras apoat
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Very intensely colored snake. Nice catch
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10-01-2007, 03:03 PM #7Moderator
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Nice snake Jerry. welcome to the forum.
James.
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10-01-2007, 03:10 PM #8Ophiuchus rhea
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Re: red sided garter
Hi
welcome to this forum
I believe what you have there is actually a red spotted garter - either California or Oregon (Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis or T.s.concinnus respectively)
hard to tell which from the photo and either possible in Marin I think, but I'd vote for the infernalis
very nice snake
congratsrhea
"you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
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10-01-2007, 03:55 PM #9Subadult snake
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i agree with rhea, red-spotted instead of red-sided, and beautiful snake. welcome to the forum
tina, aka garterchick
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10-01-2007, 04:35 PM #10Subadult snake
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Re: red sided garter
according to californiaherps.com Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis - California Red-sided Gartersnake
the snake is a California red sided garter, Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis
Thank you,
Bay_Area
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