Then on one fateful night in late November 2007, I noticed an ad for a female '07 Thamnophis sirtalis "San Francisco", also known as
T. s. tetrataenia. I quickly put two and two together, made an offer close enough to what I knew was the original price, to guarantee I'd get it and a few days later I was the proud owner of a new snake.
About a month older than the vagrans twins, but half their weight at this point.
And the girl had a temper. After musking me the first time I moved her, she resorted to intimidation and finally she finally tried to bite me. Too cute, coming from a snake thinner than my shoelaces.