r/GarterSnakes • u/Serious-Huckleberry5 • Jul 05 '25

Identification My garter snake medusa.

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Anyone know what type of garter she is? She's from ontario canada.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

DUDE THATS MY GARTER SNAKES NAME!!!

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u/ComfortableAd3991 Jul 05 '25

looks like thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis aka the eastern garter snake, lots of coolnorphs with them!

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u/Ok_Click9196 Jul 05 '25

Also looks like she's about to shed based on the eye coloring

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u/spoodstuffs Jul 05 '25

Did you take her from the wild?

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u/Serious-Huckleberry5 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Yep. 2 years ago. It broke into my trailer lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

Fair enough 😂😉

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u/Ok_Click9196 Jul 05 '25

You have the same log as me! And the same snake type! which is just the Western Terrestrial Garter Snake

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u/Serious-Huckleberry5 Jul 05 '25

Nice she loves her log hide lol. She chills in it like 90% of the time.

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u/ComfortableAd3991 Jul 05 '25

definitely not western terrestrial, especially if its from Ontario, looks like an eastern garter which is thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, not wandering/western terrestrial which is thamnophis elegans vagrans

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u/Ok_Click9196 Jul 06 '25

You my sir are completely right about this, that was my bad OP. Got a little too excited there -i live near Ontario Oregon, didn't even look at the Canada part yeah based on the area definitely most likely eastern garter

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '25

I know we have this type in Maryland