Interesting colors......

[ssssnakeluvr]

pretty snake! looking at the pics, that looks like a "Florida blue" eastern (t sirtalis sirtalis) garter, not a blue stripe (t sirtalis similis) garter. still a very pretty snake. bummer about the DOR. is definitely worth finding a couple for breeding!

[Cflaguy]

pretty snake! looking at the pics, that looks like a "Florida blue" eastern (t sirtalis sirtalis) garter, not a blue stripe (t sirtalis similis) garter. still a very pretty snake. bummer about the DOR. is definitely worth finding a couple for breeding!

Aw I see. Maybe because of the area I grew up in, more toward Orlando, I'd never seen a Blue Eastern. Just the kinda green and black peppered in yellow.

I'm sure there are folks who like Ribbons as well, I have pics of some specimans with the blue,hue and a rather large girl. Let me know if you want to see them.

The genetics of EC were something else. A nice Eastrn Hognose around 30 inches and nice coloring. Large Corals and Yellow Rats. Coachwhips over 76 inches and Racers all over four feet.

I relly think you guys need to see the DOR pics, truly never seen a Garter like this. Or somebody post a pic of the Eastern Florida Blue for me to compare.

[ssssnakeluvr]

you can email me the pics at ssssnakeluvr@comcast.net

also, a lot of snakes turn blue after dieing.... found western yellow bellied racers (nice green color) that were roadkilled and turned blue.
you can go to my gallery on here, should be some florida blue shots in there, or photobucket and look for ssssnakeluvr and check out the earlier shots in the album, got some florida blue pics in there

[Cflaguy]

you can email me the pics at ssssnakeluvr@comcast.net

also, a lot of snakes turn blue after dieing.... found western yellow bellied racers (nice green color) that were roadkilled and turned blue.
you can go to my gallery on here, should be some florida blue shots in there, or photobucket and look for ssssnakeluvr and check out the earlier shots in the album, got some florida blue pics in there

I've seen many snakes DOR with a bluish hue, kin to shedding blue sure. But I encountered this snake in June like I said when it escaped me. Could be just a pocket of genentics here, or I had never really hunted West of the Orlando area my entire life. Although, some of the Garters I encountered at Ernie Caldwell looked like plain ole Eastern Garters.

Thanks for the responses guys, glad I looked into this and I hope to find enough specimans for you who would like to start a program.

I'm guilty of never reading the rules so I'll ask here if it is O.K. to post the link to the site of the Ernie Caldwell Diaries, 25 or so pages of the year and a half I spent out there.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I would love to expand my florida blue breeding group. I used to have a sweet female and outrageous blue male (from the same litter!) and was hoping to reproduce the awesome blue, but unfortunately the male died for no apparent reason. The pic doesn't quite do him justice.

[Cflaguy]

That's similar, could be it. Let me go right now and E-mail ya the pics.