First, pics of my garter

[jeanette]

Looks like a boy to me.
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i will follow your view on that im still learning

[Zephyr]

i will follow your view on that im still learning

The reason I say male is that the vent appears to be further up the end of the body, and the head size compared to the body size is small. Also, I've only seen this sort of reduced black pigmentation and overall color in males.

[enigma200316]

yeah I'm saying Eastern as well................

[Sid]

Definitely T. s sirtalis an Eastern Garter and nice looking one.