Hi all!

This is my first post in the colubrids area (I am a BP owner, so I usually hang out in that area).

I just had a question about the San Francisco Garter snake. When I was a kid, I lived by a creek in Minnesota, and would catch common garter snakes. I would keep them over the summer, and release them in early fall, since I wasn't bright enough to find food for them in the winter. Plus, my husbandry was so poor that they probably wouldn't have made it through a winter!

Anyway, I was always into books, and I was always researching things. So, I was very envious when I looked in the books and saw pictures of the San Francisco garter snake. What a beatiful animal!

So, I know they are endangered (or at least threatened). Are they illegal to keep? Are they difficult to keep in captivity? I would almost think that the DNR would try to catch a few and breed them and try to bring up the numbers.

Don't worry, I'm not planning a trip to San Franciso to try to catch one and keep as a pet. I'm just really interested in this subspecies and curious about whether or not they have been successfully kept in captivity or not.

Thanks,

George