hyridization between garter is possible... but not recommended and many garter specialists think it's downright wrong.


I myself dont have a problem with hybrids as long as they are honestly represented... but here is the thing... with garters.... a hybrid will often pass off as a full blooded snake... especially once someone buys one and just starts calling it a garter snake, (which 90% of people do not even know there are different kinds) not keeping track of its lineage. Many hybrids are very obvious that they are hybrids..... but garters are not one of them. Keep your garter snakes within their own species and subspecies... don't crossbreed.... you will not produce anything more attractive than what you already have... just a bunch of dull, inbetween garter snakes that will end up being bred later down the line by people who have no idea what they're doing...

I myself have 1.1 Ribbon snake intergrades... They were more gifts than a purchase... and the only reason they are still labeled as intergrades, is because I have them and I put forth the effort to keep track of what they are. If I sold these snakes... I guarantee you someone else will sell them as just penninsula ribbons... and will taint the blood of the penninsula with that of the western.

Some hybrids can be attractive... but there is no way to make a garter snake any cooler, more colorful, or better looking (why do you think they are my favorite snakes! ha!) through hybridization.