"All three of these snakes come from within a 5 mile radius so there is quite a bit more variation among the Whitewater/Verbenias it seems like versus the Hemet/Temecula area."

The fact that Whitewater/Verbenia is located in the intergrade zone between the Desert Rosy Boa (L. t. gracia) and the Coastal Rosy Boa (L. t. roseofusca) basically accounts for the variation within those "locals". and that is a whole other debate. I still cannot figure out why we even have "locals" in an intergrade zone in the first place (Especially when these "locals" but up against each other with no barriers there to seperate them from each other).
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James Wilson
Pacific Coast Herpetological
www.pacificcoastherpetological.com

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