A nice litter of Thamnophis scaliger, The Mexican Alpine Shorttail Garter Snake.
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.
These small garter snakes have a very nice and fine pattern of small blotches on a sometimes almost greenish or light brown body color.
Each baby is slightly different.
On the pictures you see two babies, 3 weeks old, just after their second shed. They are feeding nicely on worms, pinkieparts and smelt (all in small pieces).
On 2 pictures you see a baby with her 8 months old sister.