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One of my customers gave me these garter snakes. I'm not sure what they are. What do you guys think? Center stripe is real prominent, side stripes are a greenish color. No idea where the snakes came from. He got them from his son-in-law. I didn't think to ask where he lived.
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Can you take a closer pic, and show the sides in focus, and the top and the venter and the head? It might help, but from what you've got there I have no idea...
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What Brian said, take them out of the cage and provide a photo of anterior third of the body in dorsal and lateral aspect [waiting.....waiting.........]
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The last pic looks like a proximus to me.
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Certainly one of the ribbon snakes. They light spot in front of the eye is the giveaway. Not sure offhand which one though.
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pete wrote:The last pic looks like a proximus to me.
I'd have to agree. Western Ribbon.
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2nd, 3rd, 4th on the proximus, and looks like the subspecies T. p. orarius, Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, which is sold in the pet trade from southern Louisiana and southern Texas.

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I agree with Jeff. They are the most common ribbon snake sold in pet shops.
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