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Post by joeysgreen on May 8, 2006 19:43:56 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn(snakebite) on May 8, 2006 23:44:26 GMT -5
;D Ha ! awesome piks , gotta luv the hometown Garters.Whats the middle s stand for?? I can find sirtalis parietalis, sirtalis tetrataenia, sirtalis concinnus and then just thamnophis sirtalis which is probably what you mean..??  There are alot of red sided Garters in manitoba if I'm not mistaken(Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Any ways , great piks  |
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Post by shawnfraser on May 9, 2006 11:28:03 GMT -5
In Alberta we have wandering gartersnakes, Thamnophis elegans vagrans, plains gartersnakes, Thamnophis radix haydeni and red-sided gartersnakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. The wandering gartersnakes are the most common ones I've seen around Drumheller and southern Alberta, but I have found a few plains as well. The snakes in the pics above are T. s. parietalis, I'm pretty sure, which is the same ssp. found in Manitoba. The range of this snake extends into the Northwest Territories and I think it is the most northern-ranging snake in North America.
Alberta and Sask. both share the same 3 species of gartersnake. According to a range map I have (published in the 1960's or so) the plains gartersnake ranges to just north of S'toon however I caught many of them in and around P.A when I was a little kid.
Those are great pictures, Ian. Is that den around Edmonton? I found a gartersnake den around Drum last year, but there was only about a dozen snakes - both wandering and plains.
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Post by joeysgreen on May 9, 2006 20:23:09 GMT -5
ya, it was late at night, it's Thamnophis s. parietalis.... is was just more excited about finally having a camera to share stuff like this.
The den is about 20 minutes west of Edmonton; and has a few hundred snakes.
The plains and wandering garters do approach the Edmonton area, but only the red-sided is found within.
Ian
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Post by Ryan on May 9, 2006 22:25:56 GMT -5
Great pics, I love the shots of them with their heads up in the air.
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Post by Ryan Wunsch on May 11, 2006 22:18:27 GMT -5
Really Great shots!
That is one snake we don't have here. Way to find a snake den!
Ryan
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There are alot of red sided Garters in manitoba if I'm not mistaken(Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Any ways , great piks 
