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 (melanistic & red morph)
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…