Possible WC hypo

[crzy_kevo]

well i dont think so george has almost no checker pattern at all that one seems to have those colors only in the checkers

but still an amazing looking snake as stunning looking as george

[crzy_kevo]

here i will post a pic of george


and another

[GartersRock]

I think it looks like one of those darker albinos too... I even think the eyes look reddish on my screen.

[Bill]

Amanda are those albinos in that photo. I have never seen a albino garter before. I am more familiar with pythons.

[Bill]

I am not to familiar with snakes. What is the morph? Are they easterns too?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I am going to go ahead and say with these pictures it's just a pretty lightly colored snake. You have an eastern garter snake by the way. I occasionally find garters that look a lot like that, usually without a stripe though. It may be hypo in the sense that it is lighter than many garter snakes, but it (to me) doesnt look to be a genetic breedable morph or color mutation. I am not sure how the pics are turning up on everyone else's computers, but I saw all the pictures on his myspace and it's definately not looking to be an albino. Like kevo said, it very closely resembles his lovely Female eastern, George.

Could you maybe take a few more pictures... in sunlight or a reaaally nice bright source of light? A good shot of the face and eyes would be great, possibly on something natural, like some bark? I can't honestly tell from your pictures by the lighting.

Here is a lightly colored male that I found two weeks ago, who is also, like your find, quite a light snake.



Here is a truely hypo female that I found last year and have had since.

[crzy_kevo]

ya the ones in my pics are easterns too

[Bill]

so is there a name for the morph?

[Bill]

Kevin, what do you call George high red . light phase , red phase thats what I mean by a morph.

[Bill]

Is he a wild caught?