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Neonate Garter ID?

OtakuDragon

OtakuDragon

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So my coworker was camping a few weeks ago and scooped up a couple garter snakes and brought them home for her kids. Apparently one of them popped out about 10 babies last night and she brought me a couple. (Mostly in an attempt to pacify her husband who is freaking out about how many snakes they now have.)

I don't have a pic of the parent, just the babies. I know garters aren't special, but I'm still curious! I'm pretty sure that the parent was caught in New Mexico but I'm not sure what part. Looking online, I'm thinking they're T.e. vagrans - wandering garter snake.

Thanks!


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Wow- they are beautiful! I would NOT say garters aren't special. At Daytona, for one place, I've seen a booth with TONS of different subspecies- one more beautiful than the next. Garters are the snakes that made me fall in love with snakes! They are the snake that taught me how to catch and handle snakes, and the same for my daughter (and probably hundreds of thousands of other kids) as well. They are fun, friendly, active pet snakes. Or you could release them in a suitable area near water if you don't feel like adding to your collection.
 
I think they're pretty damn adorable, too! Just nervous, they're my first neonates. My corn was already 3+ feet long when I got her and I haven't had anything this little.
 
I agree with the Wandering ID. Just as a FYI, garters are generally quite social and often do better cohabbed but Wandering garters are one of the few species that is known for cannibalism and it is not recommended to cohab that species.
 
They are very pretty snakes. I've considered the possibility of adding a garter to my collection, and maybe will in the distant future. My only turnoff is the garter's readiness to musk, a smell which literally makes me sick (great natural defense, huh?).
 
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