Quote Originally Posted by Faunaofthenorth View Post
omg dude, we arent trying to school anyone we are just saying that what you are claiming is not absolute in totality, meaning its not set in stone, i have seen SIMILAR, not exact, SIMILAR garters that have markings SIMILAR to chicagos, they are part of the sirtalis family, you will find similar snakes every once in a while
yes, similar! that's the whole point! You can see that they are SIMILAR, they are both brown... they both have lateral stripes, some checkers... but they are not the same and the inexperienced are the ones who get them confused. Much like t.s. sirtalis "florida blue" and t.s.similis. Similis are actually named that because they bear a striking resemblance to the blustriped ribbon snake. But they also bear resemblance to the blue easterns that dwell in that area and I see so many snakes incorrectly labeled as similis it makes my head spin! Once you get to know them you clearly see they are nothing alike, and you wonder how people don't see it, because it's so obvious! But at first, even I had trouble distinguishing the two.