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 March 15th 2022 the babies were born.

This species occurs in two pattern morphs, a spotted morph and a blotched morph and for many years they were thought to be 2 different species (Thamnophis sumichrasti and Thamnophis phenax).

The mother is spotted and the father is blotched and both morphs occurred in this litter.

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Thamnophis sumichrasti