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Re: Hi
Howdy Melissa and welcome to the forum. I think that's great that you're actually working on Thamnophis, it seems very few people do. They are such a "common" snake in the US, but we know so little really about them. I'll be very interested to hear about your studies with T.s.tetrataenia and how it coexist with the other Thamnophis species that shares it's habitat. In captivity garters seem to very much be generalist when it comes to diet. I'm wondering how they don't compete with each other in the wild. Do they specialize in a certain prey item (as I think I've read before) or specific niche with in the environment? Yeh, I could go on for ever...I'm not just interested in garters as captive animals. I would also be intersted in hearing about your research techniques, since I'll be working with a friend of mine studying Queen snakes (Regina septemvittata) this upcoming spring and summer. Anyways, I think you'll find Thamnophis to be a really interesting group of animals to be working with, and the people here on the forum, to be a really interested in what your studies find.
----Roy
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