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what is an average size for t. sirtalis fitchi

username854 Mar 13, 2005 10:53 AM

my valley garter is over 30in will it get much bigger?? Its larger than most garter snakes i catch.

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ssssnakeluver Mar 13, 2005 06:42 PM

That is a good sized one, my female is about 28 inches. She is the largest I have found, however I had a friend in Idaho that had one around 3 ft long and had caught another one over 3 ft long, close to 4 ft! The average ones I found while living in Idaho were around 18" to 24".

ssssnakeluver Mar 13, 2005 06:42 PM

That is a good sized one, my female is about 28 inches. She is the largest I have found, however I had a friend in Idaho that had one around 3 ft long and had caught another one over 3 ft long, close to 4 ft! The average ones I found while living in Idaho were around 18" to 24".

username854 Mar 13, 2005 07:26 PM

yah i thought mine was pretty big but when i went out on a walk to day i saw about three more.then i saw a relly big one and i measured it.it was 3 feet exact.it was eating a huge bullfrog.pretty cool to watch.

ssssnakeluver Mar 13, 2005 07:43 PM

That's a good sized one! Where are you finding them???

erich1488 Mar 21, 2005 08:44 PM

my male is about 24-26''

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