Mountain Garters

[garterman07]

those are really good looking snakes, i would love to get ahold of one. where did you catch it at?

[GarterGuy]

Are they one of the T.elegans subspecies?? Very nice pics by the way as well.
Roy

[Snaky]

Very nice!

[cornsnakesalive]

those are really good looking snakes, i would love to get ahold of one. where did you catch it at?

I have always seen Garters over the years, but this year, I discovered that there is a den on my property, so I have been watching them more closely.

California Law’s restrict California residence quite a bit, so unless one of the gravid females pops out an Amel I can‘t really do anything with them. I wouldn’t be completely surprised if this happens, because they have been living in the same area since they built the highway over 70 years ago. When they put in the bridge and lined it with massive boulders to control the run off, they created the perfect den for them at the same time.

Here is a photo of the den in the boulders on the right side of the photo, and a photo of a couple of them basking.