hello, new to owning snakes

[sketh]

thank you for the welcome stefan-A, indigoman, and concinnusman. i live west of the cascades in Washington state and not to high in elevation. found the guy on the side of the house while a weed whacker was in use, glad he didn't get his head chopped off. quick question while im typing this, found a website that sells northwestern garters and they seem alright, backwaterreptiles dot com, anyone know if their good and if its legal to buy one off them for my state?

edit: i didnt take a picture but a video. our scotish fold thought it was incredibly interesting to watch from my bed. the quality isnt great after rewatching it you cant tell any of the detail other than off black/grey. i can say though it had the same stripping and coloring of your first posted picture. the red was only in very small spots though.