Chris i agree that it looks very dark and could be a cuitzeoensis. I don't have any experience in these guys, but it looks like it has bluish lateral stripes. Is this trait also seen in cuitzeoensis?
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i'd want to see another photo, but when i saw those two pics it made me think immediately of:



which is a shot of my baby cuitzeo from last year. I'm hesitant because there aren't many cuitzeos around, but i do know a breeding age pair were sold not a million miles from cambridgeshire last year, and i don't have first-hand experience of baby chapalas. There's also a few lake chapala garters around, including someone who bred some over essex or norfolk part of the country. And going from the size in ruth's photo, whatever t. Equis species it is it isn't very old.


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she won't stay squat for long. If she is female (i don't know how positive you are on it's sex) then she's one of the larger species. At 2.5 years-old my female cuitzeo is now 380g and somewhere a little over 100cm.

Anyway, congratulations. You have great taste in garters, whether she's a cuitzeo or a chapala she is a gorgeous snake.



(btw steve.... Looks like greg was wrong as well )