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Check this guy out, caught him last summer and got him onto pinkies. When I was younger (like, in the early 90's, when nobody had these) I caught one and thought, "Hm, neat... too bad garters will never be popular, this could be genetic!"

He shed twice before hibernating and once since hibernating and has gotten brighter and more orange every time. I'm going to breed him to a huge female I've got from the Adirondacks where eastern garters grow LARGE and hopefully I'll have some large, flame side easterns to distribute! I'll try and get some better pics soon, he's out of hibernation now.

Here's an old shot of his side (again, not a great shot, but best I could do at the time).

Here are some shots of one of those Adirondack garter snakes. Yes... she's gravid, very gravid. And very large. A few inches over four feet, she was hard to get to sit still enough to measure... I really like the red/purple hues that these garters have.

Last one, a close up of her head. I don't know how to put more then one pic in a post...

there is so much variation in garters theres hardly a dull moment

So true! Got to love the locals!

thats a nice looking eastern, where is it from, state county
wayne

The big female is from St. Lawrence County, NY and the flameside is from Livingston County, NY.