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.
Garter Snakes (Thamnophis)
Breeding programs have been set up with the following (sub)species:
Thamnophis atratus atratus –
Santa Cruz Garter Snake
Thamnophis butleri –
Butler’s Garter Snake
(I don’t breed this specie at the moment…)
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 (albino)
Thamnophis eques patzcuaroensis –
Lake Pátzcuaro Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques scotti –
Scott’s Mexican Garter Snake
Thamnophis eques virgatenuis * –
Durango Highlands Garter Snake
Thamnophis marcianus marcianus –
The Checkered Garter Snake
(I don’t breed this specie at the moment…)
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 pulchrilatus * –
Yellow-throated Garter 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 infernalis –
California Redsided Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringii (blue morph) –
Puget Sound Garter Snake (blue morph)
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (normal & melanistic) –
Eastern Garter Snake (normal and melansitic)
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (flame) * –
Eastern Garter Snake (flame)
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia * –
San Francisco Garter Snake
Watersnakes (Nerodia and Natrix)
Currently I am breeding:
Nerodia fasciata confluens * –
Broadbanded Watersnake
(I don’t breed this specie at the moment…)
Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer * –
Diamonback Garter Snake
Nerodia sipedon insularum –
Lake Erie Watersnake
Natrix maura –
Viperine Water Snake
Natrix tessellata * –
Dice Snake
New species
A number of interesting and unknown (sub) species have recently been added to my collection. Thamnophis chrysocephalus and Thamnophis sumchrasti 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…
