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Animal Name:	Dinky
Species:	Red-Sided Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
Sex:	Unknown
Locale:	Central Missouri
Comments:	This is the Red-Sided Garter Snake that we accidentally mis-identified as a Juvenile Western Ribbon snake (Thank you aSnakeLovinBabe!!) that was caught by a neighborhood cat, and I was called to retrieve the snake, and it was luckily completely un-injured by the cat (Dinky got lucky...the kitty that got him had no claws) He's beautiful, and for being wild-caught, he's extremely docile....he hasn't tried to bite or strike even ONCE and no fear defecation. He's almost hand tame, just fast I named him Dinky, and just set him up in a 10 gallon tank about 50/50 land water ratio, and freshly stocked guppies in his/her water bowl, and spaghum moss, rocks, hides, and driftwood. I love Dinky!

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Comment From snlash, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:54:13 PM

I really appreciate all the heads ups, and the information to be able to tell the two apart now! That will really help the hubby and I with field identification! You guys are awesome!! :)

Comment From Sonja K. Reptiles, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:48:23 PM

Shannon already beat me to it... I was gonna say Garter, too. Pretty looking one. : )

Comment From snlash, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:45:30 PM

Wow, that's awesome to know...thank you!!! At least we know what we have now!

Comment From aSnakeLovinBabe, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:45:18 PM

Here's a real t. p. proximus: http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/images/stories/reptiles/snakes/Thamnophis_proximus_Ribbon_snake/Thamnophis_ribbonsnake_2.jpg see how different they are? :)

Comment From aSnakeLovinBabe, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:43:49 PM

also ribbon snakes are much thinner and streamlined.

Comment From aSnakeLovinBabe, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:43:09 PM

No garter or water snake has dark labial scales. Garter snakes may or may not have black streaks on the labials, while ribbons never do. Ribbon snakes usually always have spots on the head, garter snakes sometimes do, sometimes don't. The spot you are seeing in front of the eyes is not nearly anything like you would see on a ribbon snake. It's much more pronounced on them. And two things you will never see on ribbons that you see on this snake, are black bars and checkers on the pattern, and the color RED in the side of the snake :) Even if this snake were pure white though, it would be easily identified as a garter snake to the trained eye :)

Comment From snlash, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:39:21 PM

It has white labial scales, not dark, has two white spots that converge on the head, and has a white spot in front of the eyes....I thought that meant ribbon snake??

Comment From aSnakeLovinBabe, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:38:51 PM

Oh also, ditch the crickets! They're not on the menu for thamnophis.

Comment From aSnakeLovinBabe, Posted At: 5/19/2013 11:37:32 PM

My dear, this is not a ribbon snake at all! This is a red sided garter snake. Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis :)

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