Twitch Pictures

[ConcinusMan]

So Kat, you never find any like these? These are Dupont snakes. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Very blue! Is the red spotting common in your area?

[Invisible Snake]

So Kat, you never find any like these? These are Dupont snakes. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Very blue! Is the red spotting common in your area?

Give me 1!!

[katach]

I've not seen the blues. The ones I see vary quite a bit as you know. Twitch is the first I've seen with the red. The ones we see where we go are mostly like Cotton and Toothless, with little to no lateral stripping. Another area where we have been we've seen the green ones.

[ConcinusMan]

I I think the NW are taking over a lot of their habitats around here.

You're kidding, right? Northwesterns are more adaptable to disturbed or less than good habitat whereas pugets not so much. You're probably just seeing more northwesterns because the pugets have declined for some reason, which would allow the area to support more northwesterns (which were always there, sharing the habitat)

[ConcinusMan]

Give me 1!!

Patience. I'll be herping the area soon. If it isn't the weather delaying it, it's a broken arm.

[BUSHSNAKE]

thats an awesome one Kat...i like the yellow and blue combo

[ConcinusMan]

me too

[katach]

Yeah I'm really excited to see if he'll breed. I think he'll make some awesome babies!

[indigoman]

Thats funny i lived in Port Orchard,Wa. back in 83 when i was working as an army recruiter in Bremerton. Had a den of Pugets in the back yard tree stump. Not real blue though.

[ConcinusMan]

Nope. The blue ones are at the south end of the sound where i'm staying. This one found right down the road: Puget Sound Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis pickeringi) DSC_0058 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!