Quote Originally Posted by nomoreposs View Post
Wait.. aren't these all the same?:
Wandering = Western Terrestrial = Thamnophis elegans :-P
No. As with Thamnophis sirtalis, there are several subspecies. T. sirtalis sirtalis (eastern garter) T. sirtalis concinnus (oregon red spotted) T. sirtalis pickeringii (puget sound garter) and the list goes on. They are not the same, and shouldn't be allowed to breed across subspecies and therefore you should keep them the same sex, or don't put the subspecies in the same tank. T. elegans vagrans (wandering garter) are known to eat each other, or other garters.

A wandering garter is a Thamnophis elegans vagrans. There are also others. T. elegans zaxanthus (Diablo range garter) T. elegans terrestris (coast garter) etc. etc.

These are several subspecies of T. elegans: elegans