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Old 10-09-2006, 05:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cool Expo Houten, Netherlands

Yesterday there was an expo from the European Snake Society in Houten, the Netherlands.

When I went home I was five Thamnophis-specimen richer

At first I went to get the snakes I ordered in advance.


To begin with this one...

A second female Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia (so now I have 1.2)

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Old 10-09-2006, 05:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

Also ordered in advance two captive bred (2006) Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis-black, a male and a female.


The female...


The male...
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Old 10-09-2006, 05:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

And to my big surprise I found a male and female Thamnophis hammondii, capitve bred in 2006 by Steven Bol.

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Old 10-09-2006, 10:46 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

cool.....the black versions are my all time favourite!
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Old 10-09-2006, 11:49 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

Black is beautiful
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Old 10-09-2006, 12:57 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

You are lucky, I went to a reptile show recently, and there was not one garter snake to be seen. It was like they never existed. Very disappointing!

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Old 10-09-2006, 11:39 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Cool Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

This expo was only for snakes.
And for every garter snake there were at least 300 Panterophis/Lampropeltis present. Not to mention the ballpythons, Boa's and venemous snakes.
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Old 10-10-2006, 05:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

It's sad...not a lot of garter breeders out here.... We are having our annual reptile expo here in Utah this weekend. Eventually I am hoping to have a booth there, but for htis year I am working at the Reptile Rescue booth. Last year I saw about 5 garters at the expo...i bought a pair of young adult red siders and saw a couple baby plains garters. There was a guy that was sent to me...said he had an eastern that had about 25 babies andhe was looking to sell them. When I found the guy, he said he let the mother go....I looked at the babies, they were wandering garters, local snakes....what a goon! I let h im know they were local snakes and he left.
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Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

In Holland we have a few great Thamnophis-breeders and thanks to them there are garters on the bigger expo's.
The only garters I saw on the tables from general snake-sellers were some sirtalis sirtalis, two albino radix (?) and that was all.
So, in Holland there are also not may garters presented.
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Re: Expo Houten, Netherlands

man i really love the red one, the black is very nice too, isnt that sirtalis-sirtalis the one you said is typical in eastern us?
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