Scaleless garter

[Jeff B]

That thing is awesome, looks like a rubber snake. Would love to have one or a dozen of those.

[ssssnakeluvr]

awesome! would love to find a few! A wildlife officer new of a person out here in Salt Lake City a few years back that had found a scaleless wandering garter in the west side of the valley. I don't normally buy info like that when some random person tells me, but I trust this officer, I have known him for several years and he is a reptile enthusiast also.

[Nafun]

It looks like a painting of a snake.

[garterchick]

Is this a subspecies or a genetic defect, or what?

[MasSalvaje]

it was also in reptiles magazine

I saw that one, but was it a garter or nerodia? I will have to dig it up I guess.

Either way from what I remember from the story the owner collected or acquired a gravid female and one of the babies came out with no scales.

Like I said, I will have to dig it up.

-Thomas

[MasSalvaje]

Is this a subspecies or a genetic defect, or what?

I think genetic defect would be the best description.

-Thomas

[snakeman]

They kind of creep me out!

[gartermorphs]

http://market.kingsnake.com/image/1053488.jpg

i know this is a garter snake forum but keeping to the theme of scaless snakes look a these scaleless rattlers!

[Jeff B]

very cool looking snake but keeping hots is insane, I know I had a rattlesnake for about a month, that was 20 yrs ago, when I was young, ingnorant,fearless and invincible or so I thought, but even so I at least woke up after a month to the fact that keeping a rattlesnake in the house was an insane idea and gave it back to the guy I got it from. They are one of the prettiest snakes with super intense eyes though.

[gartermorphs]

yeah i was thinking about getting one for a while but decided against it. I think keeping a snake thats poisiness enough to kill you is absolutely insane. its not if you get bit its when lol