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Old 12-05-2007, 06:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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best breed

I am wondering what everyones favorite garter is and why. I am trying to decide on what ones i want
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well... the San Fransisco being illegal here... my favorite is concinnus.
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:39 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: best breed

Since I'm new to garters, my opinion is based solely on how purty they are

I like the melanogaster and san francisco
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I like california red-sideds or coast garters with alot of red
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Easterns!
More specifically the northern easterns. :P
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:14 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: best breed

i like the cals with lots of blue like the top pictures on here and its one of my favorite species because i like blotched sp. and its a beatiful one
Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis - California Red-sided Gartersnake
heres a coast garter snake
Thamnophis elegans terrestris - Coast Gartersnake
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: best breed

Those are beautiful! Thanks for the links
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Old 12-05-2007, 08:32 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: best breed

I have yet to see a garter I don't like!!!
But if I had to pick, then top of my list is a silver eastern, or a Puget.
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:33 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: best breed

I like T. s. parietalis, for no other reason that I started with them and I like the way they look. As they're common garters, they also grow to a respectable size compared to other species.

And T. e. vagrans, because they'd eat the tank if it just smelled like food. Actually, I've seen both of mine try to do just that. And they're really mellow. Well, at least the ones Ive got. They're just tons of fun.

Then there are all those stunning morphs of all the other snakes, especially of T. ordinoides. And there was this one T. e. terrestris in a thread not that long ago, that was just incredible.
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I like the cyrtopsis cyrtopsis. They are a bit different in their behaviour as other garters, but where the first garters I started with.
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