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Some California Garters that I Found Last Week

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tspuckler

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This habitat had some artificial cover and is a good place to find Coast Garter Snakes.
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It's also got Santa Cruz Garters like this one, which was probably born last year.
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A young Coast Garter that has yet to develop any red.
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This pond is a good place for Santa Cruz Garters.
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A SC Garter basking on dried cattails.
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A giant Santa Cruz Garter Snake.
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Easily the largest I've ever seen.
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Her head reminded me of a Water Snake.
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Orange Coast Garter from the same pond.
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Another pic of the snake shown above.
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Typical Coast Garters look like this.
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A Coast Garter with nice red coloration.
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I took a road trip to the Bay Area of San Francisco.
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There were plenty of these cool-looking Aquatic Intergrade Garter Snakes.
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There were a lot of Coast Garters as well.
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Here's one crossing a hiking trail.
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Though adults almost always have red or orange, this one was brown.
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My favorite Garter Snake of the trip was this California Red-sided.
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He was a good-looking dude.
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It was a pretty good trip for finding Garter Snakes!
 
WOW! I love that red-sided garter.
Up here in Washington, we have some blue garters that look similar. They are only in a small area around where I live (Puget Sound); I love blue on garters.
Too bad we can't get blue in our corns!
 
Wow that is awesome. Where at in san francisco is that? Im taking the kids up there this summer and would love to take them herping. Those are some awesome looking snakes, great variety of colors.
 
Thanks for sharing, Tim! Great looking garters, I wish ours were so pretty.
 
Very nice!! I find myself growing more interested in garters as a whole...there are a couple types that I would be VERY interested in owning...I think I saw a red and black one somewhere...my two favorite colors!
 
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