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I recently stumbled upon a mix of Red Spotted Garters that range from normals to ones devoid of orange/red altogether, but rather a light blue where the normal colors would be. A number of intermediate animals with faded orange and a mix of orange turning to greenish blue on the head. The "blue" ones stick out like a proverbial "red" thumb when coiled in green or old dry grass! Anyone familiar with these? I'm in cold, rain sodden Oregon.

Photo ATTEMPT

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I see where you have previously posted a similer animal over on the "photo" section of Kingsnake.com albeit with a darker shade of blue. These pictured are small in the range of maybe 18"... I saw one when w/o a camera (!)that was larger . I wonder if they in fact darken with age/increase in size. Did you ever breed them?

I did bred them but no baby's as of yet..one of my females looks to be gravid but won't know or sure for another few weeks

Apologies... I'm confusing you with someone titled as "Concinnitor"!!!

theres a guy named richard who goes by concinusman who has the snakes like you found, maybe you guys are neighbors. he posts a lot on thamnophis.com so you will find lots of pics there.
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Jeff Benfer
gartersnakemorph.com