Whats everybodys favorite garter snake

[ConcinusMan]

I think you may be right Richard, about the population being polymorphic from the results from that breeder you refered to along with what you are seeing in the field.

Yeah, I've been beating myself up trying to speculate on why a population would have so many anery's but subsequent trips to the area have revealed that even though anery's are the most common, there are also normals, and a lot of snakes that show varying amounts of colors and patterns, some snakes showing traits of two extremes combined, etc. Polymorphism is really the only explanation that fits.

Up until now, the only variation I've seen in a concinnus population was varying pattern and total area of orange/red some with lateral stripes, some not, but for the most part, such variations have been minor so polymorphism really didn't occur to me when it comes to concinnus.

In this particular area, the variations just happen to be dramatic. As dramatic as the differences you can find within a T. ordinoides population.

And so, now to speculate on why natural selection seems to favor the anery's... Hmmm....

I mean, "typical" concinnus aren't any easier to spot than the anery's. Seems like they would be, but normals really blend in just as well as an anery.

[gartergabe]

Checkereds and t+ nabraska snow radix

[9darlingcalvi]

Either Northwestern garter, puget sound garter or black necked garter. My most fav is a melonistic common garter, or any melonistic garter.

[Tora]

Probably Blue-striped Ribbons, Florida Blue-Stripes, or Blue Pugets. I really love the blues that they get!

[Lowland Reptiles]

I have a soft spot for the mexicans. Think I would pick T eques scotti as my favorite, closely followed by T. eques cuitzeoensis.

[Dilton204]

The High Red Albino T.Radix

[Qwerty3159]

Melanistic Easterns

[guidofatherof5]

Every T. radix outside my house.

[Thamnophisbox]

Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus
Thamnophis atratus atratus
Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus normal & blue phase

[user]

I have them setup as a trio... The male and female anery are in with my big female normal... in a display cage. The look so nice! I'll be attempting to cross the male with both of those females this season... to see what kinds of offspring I get from breeding them to each other and the male to that red female. The female anery is not gravid.

Your clay art is cool