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[adamanteus]

Nice snake. But it's not a Garter Snake, it's a Keelback Snake Xenochrophis vittatus.
This is an Indonesian species, and if wild caught, which they nearly always are, is likely to be heavily infested with parasites. Please keep it separate from your other snake until you're sure your vet has cleared it of internal nasties!

[drache]

ditto
definitely keep separate from your other snake for a quarantine period of at least two months in any case because parasites can turn up under the skin that the vet might not find through a fecal exam

[reptile3]

Nice snake. But it's not a Garter Snake, it's a Keelback Snake Xenochrophis vittatus.
This is an Indonesian species, and if wild caught, which they nearly always are, is likely to be heavily infested with parasites. Please keep it separate from your other snake until you're sure your vet has cleared it of internal nasties!

Why do pet stores say they are garters? I still haven't yet to see any garters, ribbons or keelback snakes.

[adamanteus]

Why do pet stores say they are garters?

Because they don't know their arse from their elbow.

[ssssnakeluvr]

Why do pet stores say they are garters? I still haven't yet to see any garters, ribbons or keelback snakes.

cuz people that are smart and know their reptiles are too smart to work in pet stores.... I have seen snakes with all sorts of wrong names.....and garters are rarely seen in pet stores cuz they don't want to pay for decent captive bred specimens, just cheap wild caught ribbons by the hundreds.....(although there are a few good ones, got a fish specialty store here that has some herps, wants melanistic easterns when I get them, and another wants some of my cheaper normal garters.....I did get my albino checkered from him, rare find here!!!!)