I have only found ONE that looks like this....and I've found about 50 so far this year. I did find one that has the same light tan background color as this one, but the checkers were big and bold....not reduced like the one on this pic. I kept it for a little bit, but someone said they've seen them like the one pictured, so I released it.



Most have looked like this:





- taking a bite out of a friend -



Also, I have a couple pics on my website of some marcianus....
Snakes of Eddy County, NM

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• Picture of a WC checkered garter snake.. - Erik - NM, Wed May 21 16:29:24 2003
• AWSOME!!!!!!!!! (more) - hbluedevilh, Wed May 21 16:40:46 2003
• actually... - Erik - NM, Wed May 21 16:52:22 2003
• Whoops...here is the pic: - Erik - NM, Wed May 21 16:53:16 2003
• RE: Picture of a WC checkered garter snake.. - scott_felzer, Wed May 21 21:52:16 2003
• A couple more pics... - Erik - NM, Wed May 21 22:13:46 2003
• very, very nice Erik - nm - haddachoose1, Thu May 22 07:08:09 2003
• Gorgeous!!! n/p - GatorGal, Fri May 23 09:43:19 2003