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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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 . . .
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.
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