Lots of questions

[New Mutant]

How does one tell the difference between a western ribbon snake and an eastern ribbon snake?
Here's another picture of my snake.

[kibakiba]

Besides where they're found, there could be a difference in appearances. From the pictures I've personally seen a western ribbon snake has a more elongated looking face and is usually more blue-greenish tinted and the eastern ribbon snake is kind of a yellowy green. However, this is based off what I've seen. I don't know anything about ribbon snakes other than they are adorable

[ConcinnusMan]

I'm not all that familiar with ribbon snakes but I've seen plenty of snakes labeled "western ribbon snake" in pet stores. They have all been essentially black and white.

I can't really say what species yours is but I can say it looks a bit different than the "western ribbon snakes" I have seen in pet stores. They are never "yellowy green" and they never really have much color to them and never have lateral stripes a different color than the dorsal, or much color to them at all.

I'm no expert at all but yours doesn't look like a western. All western ribbon snakes I've ever seen looked like this:

[kibakiba]

The pet shop here had a "western ribbon" and it was a yellowy green colour. But, for all we know it could have been anything else. They don't even know what they're selling. They've had a checkered garter snake labled as "RARE- checkered corn snake" for 350. Yeah right. I really hate such stupid people, I hope no one bought it thinking it was really a corn snake. It didn't even look like one!

[Stefan-A]

I'm not all that familiar with ribbon snakes but I've seen plenty of snakes labeled "western ribbon snake" in pet stores. They have all been essentially black and white.

"Western ribbon snake" refers to both T. proximus and its subspecies T. proximus proximus and that's why scientific names are fun and common names suck.

[ConcinnusMan]

So hey Stefan, in your opinion is the one I showed a different species than New Mutant's snake? (one's for sale here always look like the one I showed, no variation) if so what are the scientific names of each of the two snakes?

[BUSHSNAKE]

is it the "scientific name" or latin name?

[ConcinnusMan]

You know what I meant. Yes, I prefer to say "latin name" too but that's not the term stefan used so I just followed suit.

[guidofatherof5]

"Western ribbon snake" refers to both T. proximus and its subspecies T. proximus proximus and that's why scientific names are fun and common names suck.

Don't hold back Stefan. Tell us how you really feel

[Stefan-A]

So hey Stefan, in your opinion is the one I showed a different species than New Mutant's snake? (one's for sale here always look like the one I showed, no variation) if so what are the scientific names of each of the two snakes?

Can't tell.