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[El Nino]

What's the garter in your avatar? Really beautiful imo (I gotta thing for blue/turquoise in Thamnophis.)

[Boots]

Not sure where I found the picture anymore. I picked it back when I was working on trying to get the avatars setup correctly and played with the colors a bit to bring out the blue and greens to match the forum. I figured I would replace it with another later and only needed one for testing purposes, but it seems to have grown on me. Anyone have an idea?

Jason

[abcat1993]

It is a garter though, right?

[Boots]

Yes, it is a garter. Would I trick you like that?

Ok, since no one wanted to guess ... It is an Eastern Garter.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Thamnophisssirtalis.htm

Jason

[Stefan-A]

Well it could have been a Natrix natrix. ;) Some of them develope a checkered pattern and (two) dorsal stripes.

[abcat1993]

Woah, it has so much pattern it's practically patternless.
I meant the one in the link

[El Nino]

That's the prettiest watersnake I've ever seen.