Thamnophis melanogaster canescens (high red)

Juvenile red Thamnophis melanogaster canescens, a few days old.
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 that are very red.
Here you see one of the redder specimens, a few days after birth.