Found this juvenile Blanding's turtle a couple days ago crossing a busy hwy. Although a listed sps, I rescued it anyway, and took a couple pics before releasing...

Went for a short walk tonight on our property and found five Eastern garters, two red-belly snakes, and a gravid brown snake, mostly under tin. It was 49*F. This juvenile garter we call the orange phase. It has the orange color on the first three scale rows, all the way to the tail, and also the entire ventrum with no speckling...

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Ratsnake Haven: South Korean Dione's ratsnake, bimaculata phases, mandarina locales, calico and hypo taeniura, Western and Southern Plains ratsnakes 


