I found an Albino Garden Snake

[WarriorPrincess]

I Live in the Portland area
Can anyone tell me what kind of Garden snake this is?
and Is it dangerous to let my GodSon have as a pet
I went and got a home with some baby crickets for it to eat
but don't know much about snakes just it was the most
different garden snake I've seen in Portland in over 40 years
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[kimbosaur]

I think this thread got delayed...

[guidofatherof5]

Welcome to the forum.
Not a garden snake------"Garter Snake" Common mistake.
No crickets or bugs of any kind.
Here's a link to the care sheet.
Garter Snake Care Sheet - Caresheets
Not sure of the ID on your snake.
Maybe T.sirtalis(common garter snake) but that's just a guess.
Don't think it's T.ordinoides (Northwestern Garter Snake) or T.elegans (Western Terrestrial Garter Snake)
but I'm just not sure. People with more experience with the snakes of that area will have to post.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

[katach]

Welcome to the forum family! Garter snakes are very good pets. They are interactive and wonderful company.
That face looks NW to me. If it is, you have a very rare find there. Is it possible to get some more, very clear, pictures of the face and body. You have 4 species of garters in your state. There are subspecies as well so you have several possibilities.

Santa Cruz Garter(Thamnophis atratus):

Western Terrestrial(Thamnophis elegans):

Northwestern(Thamnophis ordinoides):

Common(Thamnophis sirtalis):

[guidofatherof5]

The head looked a little to big to be a Northwestern but you live with them, so.

[katach]

The photos are a little too blurry to be sure. I could just be projecting

I got the maps from this site:
Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon

[ssssnakeluvr]

it's a little too blurry to tell what species of garter snake

[guidofatherof5]

The photos are a little too blurry to be sure. I could just be projecting

I got the maps from this site:
Amphibians and Reptiles of Oregon

Thanks for posting the site with those maps.

[katach]

No problem

[kibakiba]

If it was a NW, that's be a pretty rare snake. But, like Steve said, the head is a bit too big to be one. Their bodies are normally a little bigger than their heads. Mama's name isn't pinhead for nothing...