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    Lovely wild garter

    Hello! It's been quite a while since I posted on here, but today I have found a reason to make a new thread.

    My family, myself, and my boyfriend (a new one - not the one who helped me catch scar) went down to Barton Park in Clackamas County, OR today since the weather would be nice and my mom's husband was away on drill. I was sitting on a rock in the water with my boyfriend when he urgently tapped on my shoulder and pointed to the other side of me. Not too far away, in the water, a lovely snake was floating, head held up in alert. It appeared yellow and black from a distance. Of course, being a snake enthusiast, I immediately sprang at it. A several minute chase through the river then ensued, ending when the snake swam towards a dog and slowed down out of fear (it was a very populated area, with lots of dogs, people, kids and noise). I was surprised to see a snake there at all.

    Anyways, after I caught it and showed it off to some of the people there (a few of them wanted pictures with the big snake!) I took some pictures to share with you guys. I found this wild snake very beautiful, and though my pictures are not the best quality, hopefully everyone here can see a little bit of the beauty that I saw. I'm also hoping some of you might be able to provide me with an identification (type, sex if possible). This specimen was much bigger than my two northwestern boys. Here are the pictures that I took to share with everyone.

    The pictures I have are the pictures all of you will have to deal with. Once everything was done, I moved it to a quieter area where people and their pets wouldn't bother it.
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    1.0.1 T. ordinoides
    Cuddles, Scar

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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    And here are the rest of the pictures, since all of them were too big for one post ^_^

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    Ashley
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    Cuddles, Scar

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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    Nice to see you back on Ashley.
    Beautiful big female you have there. At first glance I would say T. sirtalis, not sure of the subspecies.
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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    T. elegans seems more likely. Not sure about the subspecies in that area.

    I remember someone posting T. atratus that were a bit similar.

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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    Looks like T.atratus ranges in the lower southwest corner of OR.
    Steve
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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    Perhaps a T.a. hydrophilus, if in southwestern Oregon.

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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    Steve
    5 awesome kids!
    Emmy, Kale, Molly, Gabby, Hailee
    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/thamnophis14?feature=mhee

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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    I'm in northwestern oregon. It was about 30 to 45 minutes south of portland, along (I believe) the Clackamas river.
    Ashley
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    Re: Lovely wild garter

    Leaning towards a dark form T. elegans vagrans.

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    Re: Lovely wild garter


    Steve
    5 awesome kids!
    Emmy, Kale, Molly, Gabby, Hailee
    They are not just snakes. They're garter snakes.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/thamnophis14?feature=mhee

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