Amazing Reptiles: The San Francisco Garter Snake

[DevilishFungus]

great video...thanks for posting this

[02cocobun]

A know a place where I can find lots of those in the wild I've actually caught them before they're VERY cute. Don't worry, I always release them afterwards but I will never tell where their secret pond is!

[Dragongirl269123]

thats a rly beautiful snake 0.0

[RatedRHBK321]

i luve san francisco garder snakes 2 bad thir endangerd

[fatsuburbanwhiteboy]

looks like native american beads.

[danalinesmahoney]

flobots rock!

[SimonMiriamfan]

Gorgeous snake. Are there any known captive breeding programmes going on right now? I have had several Madagascan Boas that were endangered but thanks to such programmes they are now plentiful. I would love to be involved in getting this population going again.

[bayenne5b]

@SimonMiriamfan Where I come from there are a couple of breeders who have these snakes, last year one breeder had about 40 babies from 1 female.

But they can't bring them back to CA, cuz they live in Europe so do I.

[bayenne5b]

@SimonMiriamfan The babies cost only about 70$

[silentopinion]

If it wasn't endangered, I'd have one of these. I love the color pattern.

[strandwolf]

This species became endangered due to habitat loss. They congregate around seasonal pools to feed on frogs, and the ponds were covered over for housing. These are the suburbs in San Mateo County just south of San Francisco. The main hold out population resides just SW of the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Catching ("taking") one, or attempting to, i. e., "disturbing" or "harassing", is looked upon by the state and federal authorities as felonious conduct, with criminal prosecution.

[SCORNDOGGMELACH]

@strandwolf How does this animal stand a better chance at surviving? Domestication or a dream concerning saving its habitat? One way is guaranteed and the other isnt.

[CookiefaceKillah]

Nice wild pics, no capture, excellent id, wish more herpers were like this.

[snuckles108]

That's a nice colored snake

[Hellslayer910]

cool colors

i wish they werent an endangerd species or elce i would buy one

[Jockster12]

beautiful snake

nautral beauty

[pumkinbreath]

i used to find what appeared to be a range extended virsion of the sf garter in corte madera in the ealry 70s.same colors lacking one stripe and had red blotches instead of the side stripe.have not seen one in 25 years!

[reptile4u09]

very nice snake

[Katsnake11]

My dad thinks that he may have one of these living in his yard, but I think it would be a range extension for the San Fran garter, his might be a different one, but I haven't gone to go see it for a positive ID. (Eureka CA is a bit far from Phx AZ.) LOL

[CookiefaceKillah]

Coast range garter snake is what youre dad is seeing, Thamnophis elegans terrestris or its the California Red-sided Gartersnake - Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis.

[tropicalkeeper19]

wow thats awesome i expected it to look like a plains or a eastern like i see

[skullmaster430]

they look awesome :)

[waywardmuse]

I didn't know about this species -- thanks!

[laurachiquis23]

hermosa serpiente

[mz2ykt]

Love its colors!

[lizardladyfla]

Beautiful !!

[Tokay18]

very cool animal