Thread: Check out this little pretty.

On vaca here in NY. Loving the wildlife. Got a chance to check out the walleye ponds and moved some siding around looking for snakes. My grandfather said they were all dead and poisoned due to a pesticide incident. But of course, i unearthed about a 100 or so in one stupid move. Needles to say, i am the muskiest of them all. ANYWHO

Found a few beauties. 1 in particular though stood out. Shes/hes a gorgeous little snake and timid too, behavior was better then my king. They come in all shapes,colors,species and such around the area, not sure what it is.

No dark pigment at all, almost like a hypo of sorts. Red and green markings with white stripes and a emerald head.


It goes without saying the pictures do no justice here. very unique colors for around here, and even more so for personality. Didnt musk me at all. Kinda wish i had a snake like this, i really wish i had found it in FL. Would have kept it in a heartbeat.

There was also the more common colors


A very very pissed mama. I put her back as soon as i saw the belly.

There was also a almost solid green and one with some nice blue to it. And a milk snake. An extremely pissed milk snake. Milks are not a very well tempered snake ime.

They are some kind of Thamnophis, the first looks like it could be a T. Brachystoma. The second looks like T. Sirtalis.

I ended up talking to a big NY garter snake breeder over on ssnakess and he gave me some over all advice and help. He has a huge variety of species and morphs and said that if i wanted something like the one i found that he had a few similar and to just purchase a captive once i get to FL. He had some amazing snakes. Though i really liked how well tempered she was.

Also, found a red ear slider on the side of the road the other day. About 9-10" long. It turns out it must have lived in captivity for quite the good many years, had a small stamp/tat on the bottom shell and was too darn nice. No issues handling. Hes going to a good home at one of the guys(NRAA member) pond and then will be used by state wildlife as a demonstration turtle. He is not cut out for wild life as it turns out (under weight and dehydrated). The only thing hed eat were turtle pellets -_-. Though we got him to eat a crayfish and a young bluegill. Pics later.