San Francisco Garter Snake

[Lars K]

I took a few shots of my San Francisco Garter Snakes
(Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia).

They are very fast and a bit shy and so I couldn't take any
better pics of them at the moment!
They are 3 months old.

 

[Retic]

They are beautiful, a bloke I knew in England years ago had some of those years ago when as I recall it was illegal to capture and keep them. This guy wrote books about breeding Garters and other Colubrids. Are they commonly available now ?

 

[Jen]

Ok, so not fair!! Please stop showing us deprived aussies what we can't have! They are gorgeous

 

[Lars K]

They are beautiful, a bloke I knew in England years ago had some of those years ago when as I recall it was illegal to capture and keep them. This guy wrote books about breeding Garters and other Colubrids. Are they commonly available now ?

Thank you very much!!!

Yes, they are available in Europe!

But it's prohibited to keep them in the USA!

There exist more species in captivity than in the wilderness!

It's one of the most endangered snake species and they only live
offshore of San Francisco on small islands!

 

[bitey]

looks great , i while ago on discovery channel i saw this show on trying to figure out why they all go to the same underground spot to hibernate, it was freaky there were thousands of them.

 

[Retic]

Well they are probably available in Europe thanks to Bob Riches

Thank you very much!!!

Yes, they are available in Europe!

But it's prohibited to keep them in the USA!

There exist more species in captivity than in the wilderness!

It's one of the most endangered snake species and they only live
offshore of San Francisco on small islands!

 

[MoreliaMatt]

It's one of the most endangered snake species and they only live
offshore of San Francisco on small islands!

they are also in the Ano Nuevo state reserve, which is on the mainland....

 

[Lars K]

they are also in the Ano Nuevo state reserve, which is on the mainland....

That would be great!!!

Somebody told me that they don't exist there anymore!

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

those little snakes are wicked thanks for the pics lars dude

 

[RevDaniel]

Nice and interesting looking snake. Read up about them

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

are they an expensive snake to buy in europe??

 

[Lars K]

are they an expensive snake to buy in europe??

Fortunately they are not soooo expensive!

I paid 320 Australian Dollars for the pair!
That's the normal price for them!

 

[Lars K]

Well they are probably available in Europe thanks to Bob Riches

That's great!

But I heard that it's a big problem with the inbreeding, because you can't get
any new blood and that there don't exist much different bloodlines in Europe!!!

Maybe that's one of the reasons why many of them are going to dy after about two years!

 

[Miss B]

Holy mackerel, those are some seriously eye catching snakes Lars :shock:

They look awesome

You've got the most amazing collection... your house must be like a zoo!! :shock:

 

[Lars K]

Thank you very much Miss B!!!

your house must be like a zoo!!

Erm, maybe a little bit.

BTW, I love your new Bredli!!!
He's awesome!!!

 

[Miss B]

Thank you very much Miss B!!!

your house must be like a zoo!!

Erm, maybe a little bit.

Hehe. I'm very jealous!

BTW, I love your new Bredli!!!
He's awesome!!!

Thank you Lars!