Axanthic radix!!!!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I wish you luck with that one. Personally, I would stay far away from them.

most people would! But most people are also not as willing to give a hard to keep species a shot like I am! I am wishing myself luck too Stefan!!! These are no cakewalk to keep, that is for sure! I have always loved snake keeping, and fish keeping, so, why not a snake you keep like a fish?!

[drache]

congrats on your new additions, Shannon
I like the ugly concinnus - something cool about that snake
good luck with that elephant trunk snake
I found a video of one eating goldfish and it seemed like it was taking an inordinate amount of trouble over that fish - much less efficient than my garters, but definitely more dramatic YouTube - Squamata Reptiles presents: Elephant's Trunk Snake Attack!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I did see that video! My guy won't be getting any goldfish for sure

but yes, they do seem awfully dramatic, but then again that's probably because if he lets up his grip for even a second the fish can just swim freely away!

[drache]

adult trout when he grows up, eh?

[charles parenteau]

I really love the axanthic radix.

[brain]

I grabbed this 2 year old axanthic plains today for $75!! I think that's a good deal! She looks exactly like a puget!!! But a radix! She's SO blue, I had no idea they were this blue!!

And how is it that you can tell the difference between axanthic plains and Puget??? I have a small WC Puget I got in March and it looks like yours?

[ssssnakeluvr]

easy......pattern is one way, plus it was probably acquired from a breeder.. look at the side stripe, on scale rows 3 and 4, only garters with side stripes there are radix

[brain]

So, Don, would you guess for my area Whidby Island, Washington there would be only T. ordinoides, T. sirtalis fitchi or T. sirtalis pickeringii?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Trust me when I say, that the difference between this snake and a puget sound garter is unmistakeable. Pugets are dainty, they have no pattern except for the blue checks between their skin, they are SHINY black and their stripes look very different. Radixes have a chunky build, a large clunky looking head, different shaped eyes, a wide, thicker dorsal stripe and checkered patterning in between the stripes, even on this axanthic specimen. In that picture, it may be harder to tell to the untrained eye because it's more of the belly of the snake. From above, the difference between this snake and a pickeringii is black and white.

[brain]

Huh well I'm learning TY