What type of Garter is this?

[ssssnakeluvr]

Radix....look at the spots under the side stripe...puts the side stripe on scale rows 3-4.....

[mb90078]

Hey everyone, thanks for the quick replies!

I apologize about the low quality of the pictures, but to be honest, they turned out better than I had even hoped they would (cell phone camera). I only have one more picture that I took of it with me, which is pretty similar to the 2nd one I showed you (which is why I didn't include it at first), but maybe the slightly different angle may be of help?

Found it in Eastern Iowa, so I guess most of your guesses of Radix or Sirtalis seem plausible based on region.

Just found it interesting cuz it was the first "wild" snake I've seen/caught (very temporarily) after living in the Chicago suburbs most of my life and then three years here in Iowa. Ironically, just last week I saw my first lizard (with the exception of vacations to Florida), a skink just a half a block from where I found this guy. Crazy what you can find when you keep your eyes open.

[Josh]

hmmm i say plains garter

[Charlet_2007]

Looks exactly like mine.... And no one can pin point it eather lol.. So good luck on finding out what it is lol.. Because if you figure it out please tell me lol..

[brandon0133]

that snake looks just like mine,,

this is the eastern so everyone tells me,,that i have

and this is my other two





one has red spots on it and the other one dont,,

[Thamnophis]

T. radix...

[mikm]

Charlet, Radix for sure ... What a lovely vibrant stripe she has

Best,

[enigma200316]

Looks exactly like mine.... And no one can pin point it eather lol.. So good luck on finding out what it is lol.. Because if you figure it out please tell me lol..

Yours looks like a Radix to me........James?...

[Stefan-A]

The lateral stripe seems to be in the second and third rows, I'd say T. sirtalis annectens. T. radix would have it in the third and fourth.

[drache]

I know this is off the subject, but is that a PI King or a Fla King you got there?