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Nice Veracruze animal there!. Being that it is from the southern area of Veracruze, would you not also say it seems to have a good amount of stuarti influnce?. The high RBR count at 22, and the very thin "V" shaped snout band are pretty indicative of this as well.
This snake is from southern veracruz closer to the Tabasco border. Paste these coordinates into Google Maps if you want to see the exact locality:
18.167546,-94.166222
If it would show any influence of other ssp, they would be blanchardi (a hundred miles to the west) or oligozona - 50 miles south across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. I don't know that snakes cross the isthmus from north to south though? It seems like there could be intergrades in the lower areas across the isthmus, but milksnakes are lowland snakes in this part of Mexico.
Considering how bogus most central american milksnakes ssp. are, I don't think I put any weight in band counts, patterns, or whatever.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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