March 30th 2024 I was lucky enough to witness the birth of a litter of Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi, the Valley Garter Snake. I had just cleaned the cage earlier that … Continue reading . . .
End of March 2023 some beautiful Thamnophis scalaris (Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake) were born. The natural variation within this species is impressive. The orange/red one and the white one … Continue reading . . .
February 26th 2023 the second litter of this year was born. As usual approximately 90 days after ending hibernation. They are born more yellow than blue. The blue develops over … Continue reading . . .
The price for my first litter of 2023 goes to the pure “Montreal locality” Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis flame. About 3 months after ending hibernation, on February 25th 2023, the first … Continue reading . . .
A few pictures taken late April 2022 of my 2021 captive bred Viperine Water Snakes, Natrix maura. They are now about 7 months old and feeding and growing well. Born … Continue reading . . .
Last month I had a litter of an amazing species: Thamnophis sumichrasti or Sumichrast’s Garter Snake. Finally after working for 4 years with this rare endemic species from Mexico on … Continue reading . . .
Steven Bol presents his THAMNOPHIS CYRTOPSIS COLLARIS / OCELLATUS filmed by Mon P’tit Python…
Continue reading . . .At the end of August, a good friend and garter snake owner and enthusiast, Clément Le Roulley from France, paid me a visit to do an interview for his YouTube … Continue reading . . .
July 9th 2021 a nice litter of Thamnophis eques cuitzeoensis, the Lake Cuitzeo Garter Snake was born. The mother was a young female, 2 years old, 80 cm total length. … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures of juveniles Thamnophis eques obscurus, the Lake Chapala Garter Snake. They were born between early April and early May 2021 (several litters) and feeding well. At the time … Continue reading . . .
Last week I had a small litter of Thamnophis eques patzcuaroensis, the Lake Pátzcuaro Garter Snake. The mother was selected for the high amount of yellow tone. The babies were … Continue reading . . .
May 6th 2021 I had a fantastic litter. The first time I managed to breed Thamnophis chrysocephalus, the Golden-headed Garter Snake. It is easy to see why this common name … Continue reading . . .
The first Thamnophis scaliger babies of 2021 born last week.
Continue reading . . .It is nice to see the variation within Thamnophis scaliger, a very small Mexican species of garter snake. These are babies born in 2020. Two of them are from the … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures of a few babies of the Diamondback Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer). They were born September 15th 2020.
Continue reading . . .A couple of pictures of the Viperine Watersnake (Natrix maura). These are 4 babies born in September 2020. This aquatic species is highly variable in pattern and color, even within … Continue reading . . .
The first litter of the year is always extra special. In the past years it was always the Puget Sound Garter Snake that was the first to give birth, but … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures of 2 of my flame Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis). This special red morph (named “Flame”) occurs naturally only in a small area in south western Quebec … Continue reading . . .
Some cellphone pictures made in the garden on this unusually warm and sunny day in February. Two Mexican species: Scott’s Mexican Garter Snake Thamnophis eques scotti and Short-tail Alpine Garter … Continue reading . . .
My breeding group of the Puget Sound Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii) warming up after a 13 – 15 week hibernation. The males all hibernated for 13 weeks, but I … Continue reading . . .
A newborn litter of Natrix maura (Viperine Water Snakes) “waking up” after a short 7 week hibernation in the fridge. The mother of the babies is a 12 year old … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures of my “flame garters” originating from southwestern Quebec, Canada. The common name “Flame Garter Snake” was once invented for the high red specimens of the Eastern Garter Snake … Continue reading . . .
June 9th I had a small litter of one my Northwestern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis ordinoides). The mother was only 2 years old and she had 3 babies. On the pictures … Continue reading . . .
A few days ago a nice litter was born of the rare and very beautiful Yellow-throated Garter Snake (Thamnophis pulchrilatus). These F2 babies are 19 -24 cm long. The adults … Continue reading . . .
During the month of May I had 3 very nice litters Thamnophis scaliger, The Mexican Alpine Shorttail Garter Snake. These three female originates from the Toluca area in México. Here … Continue reading . . .
May 24th 2020 my female Thamnophis cyrtopsis collaris , the Tropical Black-necked Garter Snake gave birth to a nice litter of big babies. The biggest one, a male, measured 27,5 … Continue reading . . .
On May 8th 2020 my 5 year old captive bred female gave birth to a nice litter. On the photos you see the mother and some of her babies. Babies … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures of my 3 Thamnophis scalaris babies taken April 19th 2020 after their second shed. Here they are 3 weeks old and feeding well.
Continue reading . . .April 6th 2020 the 4th litter of the year was born. A nice litter of Thamnophis scaliger, The Mexican Alpine Shorttail Garter Snake. The female originates from Michoacán , México. … Continue reading . . .
The Oregon Red-spotted Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus. This beautiful subspecies from Oregon, US is usually black with red spots, a red head and a yellow or almost white dorsal … Continue reading . . .
March 27th 2020 my female Thamnophis scalaris, the Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake gave birth. Third litter of the year so far. I am very happy with these magnificent babies. … Continue reading . . .
March 17th 2020 the first babies of the year were born. A very good start of the season, and I am very happy with them. Two female Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii, … Continue reading . . .
Some of my own captive bred gartersnakes (born in 2019). A male T.scalaris, 10 months old, 35 cm Total length just before and after a shed. A female T.m.canescens, 5 … Continue reading . . .
Some pictures taken in the garden, unfortunately only with a little bit of sunshine. I prefer taking pictures in full sunlight. Some of my own captive bred gartersnakes (born in … Continue reading . . .
These are some pictures of my breeding group of Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii, the Puget Sound Garter Snake. Some pictures were taken mid december 2019, directly after they ended their 3 … Continue reading . . .
On November 28th 2019 I came home from a short trip abroad. While checking my terrariums I noticed a baby snake in one of my terrariums where I had not … Continue reading . . .
Thamnophis scalaris is a small, rare and very beautiful species of Garter Snake from central Mexico. Adult females are usually between the 42,3 cm (Manjarrez, J. et.al., 2007) and 60 … Continue reading . . .
On June 25th 2018 I had for the first time a litter of Thamnophis pulchrilatus, The Yellow-throated Garter Snake. This very rare species occurs only in Mexico in several disjunct … Continue reading . . .
June 10th 2018 I had a very nice litter of Thamnophis cyrtopsis collaris, the Tropical Blackneck Garter Snake. It is the first time that I have bred with subspecies. It … Continue reading . . .
In the past years I have been working on a breeding project with the original “flame” morph of the Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) from Quebec, Canada. This morph … Continue reading . . .
This relatively old couple had a nice litter of babies end of April. It concerns Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus (Oregon Redspotted Garter Snake). The captive bred female is at least 9 … Continue reading . . .
Large 4 year old female of Thamnophis eques cuitzeoensis (Lake Cuitzeo Garter Snake) photographed in the garden. She is clearly pregnant and hopefully she will have babies again this year. She … Continue reading . . .
Today, April 2nd, at 10 AM the first baby garter snakes of 2018 were born. I was lucky enough to witness the event. As you can see on the pictures, … Continue reading . . .
These are two captive bred females of Thamnophis scaliger, the Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake. They are born in summer of 2016, but they are now at the age of 1,5 … Continue reading . . .
3 different litter mates of Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis born on May 6th 2017, at the age of almost 2 month old. Feeding well and coloring up nicely. They are … Continue reading . . .
On June 4th 2017 I had one litter of Thamnophis scaliger from Toluca, Mexico. These awesome specimens have a pattern very much resembling Thamnophis scalaris. They are about 1 month old, … Continue reading . . .
In May and June I had several litters of Thamnophis scaliger. Here one of the babies born May 30th 2017 at the age of appr. 1 month old, feeding well … Continue reading . . .
On June 30th 2017 I had one litter of Thamnophis eques scotti from Lago de Magdalena, Mexico. On the pictures some of the newborn babies only 2 days old. … Continue reading . . .
The beautifull Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake Thamnophis scalaris, captive bred babies born March 23rd 2017. This is my First litter of Garter Snakes born in 2017. And what a litter! They … Continue reading . . .
These are babies of Thamnophis scaliger, the Mexican Alpine Shorttail Garter Snake. They are born in May/June 2016 and now 4 – 5 months old. This is a very … Continue reading . . .
The Viperine Watersnake Natrix maura; the species with which I had my first succesfull breeding results back in 1986. For the past 31 years I had offspring almost every year … Continue reading . . .
Today I present you the last subspecies: Thamnophis eques virgatenuis, the Durango Highlands Garter Snake. The other 3 described subspecies (carmenensis, patzcuaroensis and megalops) I cannot show you; I only … Continue reading . . .
Subspecies nr.7: Thamnophis eques ssp., Lake Zirahuen Mexican Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of wildcaught specimens originating from lake Zirahuen (Michoácan) in Mexico where they occur at an altitude … Continue reading . . .
Subspecies nr.6: Thamnophis eques scotti, Scott’s Mexican Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of captive bred specimens originating from lake Magdalena (Jalisco) in Mexico where they occur at an altitude … Continue reading . . .
Subspecies nr.5: Thamnophis eques insperatus, The Lake Zacapu Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of captive bred specimens originating from Lake Zacapu (Michoácan) in Mexico where they occur at an … Continue reading . . .
Subspecies nr.4: Thamnophis eques obscurus, The Lake Chapala Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of captive bred specimens originating from lake Chapala (Jalisco) in Mexico where they occur at an … Continue reading . . .
The third one on the list Thamnophis eques diluvialis, The Diluvial Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of wildcaught and captive bred specimens originating from lake Cajititlan and lake Zapotlan … Continue reading . . .
The second subspecies I want to show you is Thamnophis eques cuitzeoensis, The Lake Cuitzeo Garter Snake. My breeding group consist of wildcaught and captive bred specimens originating from lake … Continue reading . . .
In the coming days I want to show the beauty and variation of several subspecies of Thamnophis eques. Today March 27th 2016 I will start with Thamnophis eques eques, The … Continue reading . . .
A fantastic start of the new year: on january 8th 2016 the first babies of the new year were born. When I was checking the cages I saw a little … Continue reading . . .
On November 4th 2015 the last babies of the previous year were born. It concerns a beautifull and quite big litter of the Mexicna species Thamnophis melanogaster canescens. The mexican … Continue reading . . .
The sun was out this afternoon so time to make some pictures outside. The juveniles of Thamnophis eques virgatenuis are developping nicely; here some pictures of 2 different juveniles born … Continue reading . . .
May 12th 2015 litter no.4 of 2015 was a fact. One of my two female (that heterozygote for albino) Thamnophis eques obscurus had just given birth to 17 babies. The … Continue reading . . .
April 28th 2015 the third litter of the year was a fact. This one was extra special for me. One of my female Thamnophis scalaris had just given birth to … Continue reading . . .
April 25th 2015 the second litter of the year was a fact. My largest females Thamnophis butleri had just given birth to 19 beautifull and healthy babies. This is quite … Continue reading . . .
March 12th 2015 the first baby garter snakes were born. One of my females of Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii had just given birth to 10 beautifull and healthy babies. Most of … Continue reading . . .
On June 22nd 2014 the I.H.S. (International Herpetological Society) International Show in Doncaster was a fact and I attended with my usual display. It was a gorgeous sunny day in … Continue reading . . .
A gorgeous litter of Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis is born. Last week, June 12th 2014 a little surpise awaited me whan I came home. My female Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (a light … Continue reading . . .
The weather in the month of July was for the biggest part very nice and towards the end of the month Holland had its first official “heat wave”. But even … Continue reading . . .
June 30th 2013 a litter of Scott’s Mexican Garter Snakes was born. This time the parents were unrelated to my “standard” breeding group. Just like last year there were several … Continue reading . . .
June 28th 2013 several Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snakes are born. There is a huge amount of variation within the subspecies and breeding programs have been set up to breed specimens … Continue reading . . .
June 8th 2013 albino Mexican Garter Snakes have been born. Albino Mexican Garter Snakes are truly very unique. You can read more about it in the “species” account.
Continue reading . . .This period started with some warm days, but the last days were cooler again and somewhat chilly. June 27th temperatures was around 17 – 20 ⁰C, skies half overcast. On … Continue reading . . .
These days were slightly cooler with temperatures reaching the 17-20 ⁰C. Also the sun was not as bright as the days before. But the radiation and temperatures were sufficient for … Continue reading . . .
June started very good. June 4th – 7th were very sunny with high temperatures, over 20 ⁰C. The snakes were very active and happy. The male T.s.pickeringii was in the … Continue reading . . .
This period in May was cold and dark. The amount of sun hours was way below average and temperatures were low. Maximum day temperatures varied from 10-15 ⁰C. The snakes … Continue reading . . .
May 3rd 2013. In order to have a better understanding how different it is for a snake to be kept outdoors versus indoors and how the sunshine and the basking … Continue reading . . .
Posted by anonymous on June 20, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Source: Thamnophis Alba – The Scottish Garter Snake It’s that time of the year again – show time. The first … Continue reading . . .
May 2nd: Cloudy and cool day, little activity. Only the male T.s.pickeringii was active. May 3rd: Beautiful and sunny day. Much activity.Beside the snakes that had become active end of … Continue reading . . .
April 28th 2013 was a beautiful sunny day. The male T.s.pickeringii, the T.radix couple and 2 specimens of N.sipedon were active and basking. April 29th it was sunny as well … Continue reading . . .
The sun was shining abundantly early morning April 19th. From appr. 8 AM onwards the sunrays shone into my outdoor terrarium. At 8.15 AM 1 of the female T. radix … Continue reading . . .
April 3rd I could check the activity. It had not frozen anymore the past night and around 10 AM I saw the T.radix female crawl out of the hibernation bunker. … Continue reading . . .
March 2nd the day temperature was about 5 °C. Unfortunately the 2 N.sipedon males that were out in January had not survived the frost and lay dead on the surface. … Continue reading . . .
These 2 months were very cold with a lot of subzero temperatures starting around January 10th. Also February was for the biggest part very cold. No snake activity as would … Continue reading . . .
The year of 2013 started with very mild weather and temperatures close to 6 – 10 °C. Surprisingly enough there was some snake activity on some days. A Thamnophis radix … Continue reading . . .
(Rewritten… My first experiences…, from July 1974… on Februari 21, 2013) The early days Where I grew up in the Netherlands reptiles were very rare. The only reptile living in … Continue reading . . .
The San Francisco Garter Snake is severely jeopardized and becoming very rare in the wild. Not many people have been lucky enough to observe this beautiful subspecies in the wild. … Continue reading . . .
My outdoor terrarium, March 25th, 2010 March 24th and 25th 2010 both were very warm days of the year. March 24th the sun was less bright, but… March 25th the … Continue reading . . .
March 20th 2010 it was again relatively warm with temperatures up to 16 – 17 ºC. At 8.45 AM there was some light rain. Both pickeringii males were out (in … Continue reading . . .
The warmest day this year so far. March 18th 2010 was predicted to become the warmest day of the year so far and maximum temperatures were expected to rise up … Continue reading . . .
The month of March usually has a few sunny days with temperatures of 15 ºC or higher. Those days enable the snakes to sun itself abundantly and reach body temperatures … Continue reading . . .
February started as January ended: very cold as well. Only in the last week of the month the temperatures rose to 7 – 10 ºC during daytime. In the past … Continue reading . . .
Since the winter of 2009 – 2010 has been very cold it is no surprise no activity was observed. The terrarium was covered with snow for many days and the … Continue reading . . .
These unique recordings were made on November 22, 2009 in Lake Chapala (Jalisco, Mexico). On a floating reed beds in the lake about 10 meters from the shore were several … Continue reading . . .
On March 23, 2009 I had the opportunity to visit a park on the Brazos River in Austin County, Texas, USA. It was still pretty early in the year and … Continue reading . . .
In July 2008 I visited Marin County (Califonia, USA) in an effort to explore the local herpetofauna. Two of the habitats I visited were a fresh water lagoon and a … Continue reading . . .
Scott’s Garter Snake are been found in Lake Magdalene. This lake lies at 1380 meters altitude in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and it forms the remains of a lake … Continue reading . . .
On this Newspages I will report (some of) my observations on Gartersnakes (and to a lesser extend Watersnakes) that I have done over the past years during my trips to … Continue reading . . .
Introduction and description of the outdoor terrarium. In 1995 I built an outdoor terrarium in my garden after I visited my (late) friend Udo Strathemann who kept several Garter Snakes … Continue reading . . .
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