[Stefan-A]

The biggest local chain refers to garters snakes as "Thamnopsis" on their homepage, order them from the importer as "T. sirtalis similis", and although they called my latest snake (parietalis) a "T. similis", they were honest enough to sell it as a Thamnophis sp. when I asked them if they knew the species. I personally consider the clerks more professional than the chain as a whole.