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Old 04-20-2008, 01:00 PM   #115 (permalink)
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Re: Easterns that I have met

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Originally Posted by adamanteus View Post
What I have noticed with them is their strength..... they hold on when handled almost (but not quite) like a constrictor. They seem a lot more muscular than my other Garters, whereas my Florida Blues are less so, quite 'baggy' to handle, almost like a vipers body.
Has any body else noticed differences in the musculature between species/sub-species?
vagrans. They feel almost like constrictors as well. They don't hold on to you quite as much as constrictors when you're holding them, but much, much more than parietalis or tetrataenia.

Somebody here had an infernalis together with a terrestris, in those photos you can definitely see how big the difference is in musculature.
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