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Species
Species and subspecies
Under – Species – you can find all the different species or subspecies of Gartersnakes and Watersnakes I am currently breeding or that I hope to breed in the coming season.
I will update the list when changes occur.
New species
A number of interesting and unknown (sub) species have recently been added to my collection. Thamnophis chrysocephalus and Thamnophis sumichrasti from Veracruz, Mexico. Nerodia taxispilota from the south-east of the USA. A group of Nerodia sipedon sipedon from Maryland, USA from parent animals with quite a lot of red in the pattern.
Information on the different species.
For each (sub)species I am breeding I will give some short characteristics about behavior in captivity, coloration and ease of maintenance. As you can see I have not been able to do that for all species, so this is work in progress (my apologies). I will also make some remarks about the original population they originate from (if known of course) and about their natural habitat. When there is ( * ) behind the species name information will follow soon…
* a star (asterisk) behind the species name, further information will follow as soon as possible.
cross out the species name, I do NOT breed this (sub)species anymore.
Garter Snakes (Thamnophis)
Breeding programs have been set up with the following (sub)species:
Thamnophis atratus atratus – Santa Cruz Garter Snake
Thamnophis atratus zaxanthus – Diablo Range Garter Snake *
Thamnophis butleri – Butler’s Garter Snake
Thamnophis chrysocephalus – Golden Headed Garter Snake *
Thamnophis conanti – Conant’s Garter Snake
Thamnophis couchii – Sierra Garter Snake
Thamnophis cyrtopsis collaris – Tropical Black-necked Garter Snake *
Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus – Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake *
Thamnophis elegans terrestris (red morph) – Coast Garter Snake (red morph)
Thamnophis eques cuitzeoensis – Lake Cuitzeo Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques diluvialis – Diluvial Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques eques – Southern Mexican Garter Snake *
Thamnophis eques insperatus – Lake Zacapu Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques obscurus – Lake Chapala Mexican Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques obscurus (albino) – Lake Chapala Mexican Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques patzcuaroensis – Lake Pátzcuaro Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques scotti – Scott’s Mexican Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques virgatenuis – Durango Highlands Garter Snake *
Thamnophis hammondii – Two-striped Garter Snake *
Thamnophis marcianus marcianus – The Checkered Garter Snake
Thamnophis melanogaster canescens (melanistic & red morph) – Mexican Black-bellied Garter Snake
Thamnophis ordinoides – Northwestern Garter Snake
Thamnophis proximus proximus – Western Ribbon Snake *
Thamnophis proximus rubrilineatus – Redstripe Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis proximus rutiloris – Central American Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis pulchrilatus – Yellow-throated Garter Snake *
Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis – Northern Ribbon Snake
Thamnophis scalaris – Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake *
Thamnophis scaliger – Short-tail Alpine Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus – Oregon Red-spotted Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi – Valley Garter Snake *
Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis – California Redsided Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii (blue morph) – Puget Sound Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii (red morph) – Puget Sound Garter Snake *
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (normal & melanistic) – Eastern Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (bengal) – Eastern Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) “Quebec flame” – Eastern Garter Snake “Quebec Flame”
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia – San Francisco Garter Snake *
Thamnophis sumichrasti – Sumichrast Garter Snake *
Watersnakes (Nerodia and Natrix)
Currently I am breeding:
Nerodia fasciata confluens – Broadbanded Watersnake *
Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer – Diamonback Garter Snake *
Nerodia sipedon insularum – Lake Erie Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Maryland locality) – Northern Watersnake *
Natrix maura – Viperine Watersnake
Natrix natrix persa – Striped Grass Snake
Natrix tessellata – Dice Snake *