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My nicest Red Spotted Female
b1eagar
Jul 28, 2006 04:13 AM
Replies (5)
joeysgreen
Jul 28, 2006 07:57 AM
northwestern local? (washington or oregon?) I"m just refreshing my memory as to where they occur with the red head.
Ian
b1eagar
Jul 28, 2006 01:34 PM
>>northwestern local? (washington or oregon?) I"m just refreshing my memory as to where they occur with the red head.
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>>Ian
Hi Ian, these are Oregon Red Spotted gartersnakes (t.s.concinnus).
Most of the garters along the northern california cost, Oregon
and parts of Washington have red on their heads.
But as far as red heads go, California red-sided garters and some populations
of valley garters have red heads as well.
Some herpetologists think that california red sided garters and
oregon red spotted garters should be the same subspecies.
I think they might as well throw puget sound, san fransisco garters, and
valley garters into the same sub-species as well if they are going
to do that since they all are quite variable in appearance and
integrate all over the west.
scott_felzer
Jul 28, 2006 04:54 PM
Brian,
Your Oregon is sharp! Good luck with her and the babies.
Scott
b1eagar
Jul 30, 2006 05:41 PM
>>Brian,
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>>Your Oregon is sharp! Good luck with her and the babies.
>>
>>Scott
Thanks Scott! You have some killer animals as well.
joeysgreen
Aug 03, 2006 06:45 AM
