New litter of Easterns (WC)

[wxknight]

I thought I posted pictures of the adults but I don't see them here so let me try again. Here's 2 of the 3 larger females.

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[wxknight]

Here's the whole gang. 3 females, 1 male and 1 smaller one that could be a female but not sure.
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[wxknight]

Heres the last few good pics I have of the adults.
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[wxknight]

I plan on keeping 12 for now until they show their colors a little more, then I'll let a few more go. There are two herping spots within less than a mile of each other where I live. One has nearly all normal yellow easterns and the other has 25% or so red/orange ones. I'll post some more pictures and some of the adults.

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[wxknight]

A long time ago I found about 20 garters under some rugs near a pond. One of them had a neon green checkerboard, unlike the usual bluish ones you see around here. I'm gonna be looking for that trait next time I go garter hunting and see if I can try and get a litter of those. I'd call it an emerald eastern, if the morph doesn't already exist in the trade. Has anyone else ever seen a bright green one? And it's different than the darker maritime green, or brownish green you see on easterns, it's an almost fluorescent green. If I'm lucky maybe one of the 12 I have will have the trait since one of the mothers had a hint of it.

But anywho, I'll keep you guys posted on the babies and toss some more pictures up in a week or so or whenever they shed next.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

The really orange ones are nice!

[snake man]

I live in MA two, what area are you in?

[wxknight]

Essex County. I catch some of mine in an area between Harold Parker and Boxford State forests. In fact one locations (different from where the snakes I posted were caught) is in the North Andover side of Boxford State Forest. Garters, ribbons, milks, waters, racers, blandings turtles, theyre all there. The place I caught the snakes I posted was near a "dump" for compost and leaves and such in North Andover in northeastern MA.

[snake man]

That's funny I'm also in Essex county I might have to try some of these spots out.

[rickymar81]

Very nice looking girls you got there. congrats with the scrubs