biggest garter iv ever seen

[dannyj]

Today while i was out for livefood, i called into a shop iv not been to for years

they had the biggest female chequered i have ever seen
she was about 3ft and around the girth of a toilet roll tube
huge,

he had some grown on chequered so i think its a breeding female as it was in with a male too

he had some other garters too plains and red sided - which are very very rarely seen around these parts

[guidofatherof5]

Today while i was out for livefood, i called into a shop iv not been to for years

they had the biggest female chequered i have ever seen
she was about 3ft and around the girth of a toilet roll tube
huge,

he had some grown on chequered so i think its a breeding female as it was in with a male too

he had some other garters too plains and red sided - which are very very rarely seen around these parts

Grab a camera and get some photos Please

[dannyj]

i will do i plan on going back soon - the owner was not their so could not find out much about it

[ConcinusMan]

I would think that 3 feet is not even max size for checkereds. Heck some spots around me have concinnus that average 3 feet, some get up to 4 feet. My last pair were 4 feet when they died of old age. But yeah, that's a big garter.

[Stefan-A]

I would think that 3 feet is not even max size for checkereds. Heck some spots around me have concinnus that average 3 feet, some get up to 4 feet. My last pair were 4 feet when they died of old age. But yeah, that's a big garter.

According to my notes, T. marcianus can reach about 110 cm or 43".

I'd like to add that snakes usually look shorter than they really are.

[ConcinusMan]

And I'll add that my female concinnus was actually closer to 50 inches when she died. Just a little over 4 feet. The male was just under 4 feet.

In most wild locations, to find one over 3 feet is rare but it happens. They are usually around 2-2.5 feet.

[dannyj]

this was a beast - not happy with their husbandry though - both in a 35l rub

[ConcinusMan]

Nothing necessarily wrong with that in the short term. Most pet stores do not keep an animal for long and their housing is only meant to be temporary.

[dannyj]

the girl that i was speaking to said they had been in it about a year - still cant be a happy pair.

will speak to the owner tomorrow hopefully