Hi there! I'm a Super Moderator over at reptastic.com, but as it turns out I am a thamnophis specialist! I just found the site, and am VERY glad to have! I keep thamnophis of many varieties and discovered a new exciting eastern garter this summer that is most LIKELY an extreme hypomelanistic individual!
Here is a picture:
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01-08-2008, 08:27 PM #1Forum Moderator
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Hello from Reptastic!
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01-09-2008, 01:15 PM #2Moderator
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
Hi Shannon, and welcome to the forum.
Nice looking snake.James.
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01-09-2008, 01:30 PM #3Forum Moderator
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
Welcome aboard, Shannon.
That's indeed a very nice looking eastern and this is coming from someone who has a general dislike of the whitish morphs.
It must be that it doesn't have the red eyes that the amelanistic ones have, combined with a very nice pattern.
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01-09-2008, 01:31 PM #4Moderator
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
Is it just me, or does that 'Eastern' actually look like a pallidulus?
James.
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01-09-2008, 01:37 PM #5Brother Snake
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
Howdy and welcome to the forum. It's always nice to get others who are REALLY into garters on here, so we have someone's brain to pic.
Very nice looking specimen. Where was it found? That might help with the possibility of it being a pallidulus as James mentioned.
Roy
0.1 T.s.pallidulus
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01-09-2008, 01:54 PM #6Forum Moderator
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Could be a pallidulus. Where was it found?
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01-09-2008, 02:19 PM #7"PM Boots For Custom Title"
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
Hi, from Oregon, Shannon
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01-09-2008, 02:42 PM #8Thamnophis Addict
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Shannon, welcome to the forum. Great looking speciman. I'd love to find one like that here in South Carolina.
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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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01-09-2008, 03:38 PM #9Domos Ophiusa
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Welcome
that snake is gorgeous.
Keeping - 'Florida blue' sirtalis, concinnus, infernalis, parietalis, radix, marcianus and ocellatus.
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01-09-2008, 03:58 PM #10Ophiuchus rhea
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Re: Hello from Reptastic!
welcome to the forum, Shannon
that is a fantastic snake
while I'm no ID expert by any stretch
and also not that familiar with easterns
this does look a lot like an hypomelanistic version of my maritime
very nice
do you have more photos of wonderful snakes like that?
please don't hold back . . .rhea
"you cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus" Mark Twain
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