Brumation, Copulation!

[guidofatherof5]

Great photos.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

nice, I was going to get that water snake pair but i decided to get a pair of double het for snow red sideds, very pretty, the males a different species though right?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

the males a different species though right?

hahaha, noooo, all three of my water snakes are from scott who took great care in making sure that he got all the same species and subspecies of banded water snake by consulting one of the water snake experts. I actually need to shoot him an email because I forget which subspecies he told me they are. All three are from him, I just got the hypo male earlier in the year. These are nerodia fasciata ________ (i have to find out from scott which) Much like eastern and wandering garters, there is incredible variation in colors and patterns.

they are either nerodia fasciata fasciata, or nerodia fasciata pictivetris. Both are incredibly closely related to the point that since their ranges overlap and they often intergrade, it is very, very hard to see a physical difference. Both subspecies are banded water snakes, the pictiventris subspecies is labeled florida banded but not all bandeds from florida are necessarily this subspecies, and not all from other states are necessarily not floridas. There is even an isolated population of the florida bandeds in texas!!!!

[Loren]

nice, I was going to get that water snake pair but i decided to get a pair of double het for snow red sideds, very pretty, the males a different species though right?

Reed, just so you know, Nerodia's (water snakes), are not legal to possess in Califoria.


Beautiful snakes Shannon.