My new Flame Eastern garters.

[ineedsoap16]

Man, I've lived in DE most of my life and have been catching garters forever. I've never seen something like that in the wild! Are they a captive morph, or am I not looking in the right areas?

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by ineedsoap16

Man, I've lived in DE most of my life and have been catching garters forever. I've never seen something like that in the wild! Are they a captive morph, or am I not looking in the right areas?

They occur frequently in certain parts of Canada, but often not as red.

The deep candy apple reds are the result of selective breeding, For instance when I breed my flames, I am using my extreme cherry red male to sire babies with my high red female.

This will produce a litter of outrageously red babies.