TC, thanks for the info and the link. I took a look at the link. Very nice, just takes a while for the pics to load.

If you ever do make it over here, let me know. I would be glad to help you any way I can. If I can get something hooked up for the island this summer i will try to give you (and anyone else on this forum with the same interest) a heads up in case you wanted to join in on the fun.

Your hypothesis is something to consider concerning the island population. If you look at the pic of the side of the head you can see the light colored pattern still remains on the neck and throat. For this reason I remain optomistic that it is a color that has evolved in the entire population rather than just an isolated genetic mutation. Of course we will not know until we make that trip. We originally located the island through some college students who visited the island to go rock climbing but turned back before the days end because they saw so many snakes. We have since then referred to it as snake island. The day I visited it however, I located the snake within 5 minutes of landing on the island. Our time there was very limited (a few hours in the heat of the day)and we spent most of it taping that snake. When i go back there i want to spend at least 2 or 3 days if not more. The problem is that it is very difficult to get to as it is fairly remote but this is also a good thing i guess because not only is it not populated, but it recieves very few visitors.

Thanks again for the info,

Don

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