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BillMcgElaphe
at Sun Mar 19 13:30:04 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BillMcgElaphe ]
Be sure to post pictures if you get to see a rat snake on the outer banks.
On the Gulfhammock issue, I hadn't seen your animal posted below.... Looks Good...
As you know williamsi is not considered a subspecies any more and there is quite a large variance in them: 15 miles East of where they were first named, they yellow up fairly quickly (Marion County), Crystal river (20 miles) and south they start loosing their blotches, north of the Suwannee River they begin to loose their stripes (by the town of Perry, they're gone), but even in the heart of the traditional GH range, there is variance!
This is a terrible picture from 35 years ago, but you get the idea. I captured these two animals within 200 yards of each other and within 500 yards of where my present day captive colony originated.
Obviously, if I could post a good picture of the stripe-less animal, most here would identify it as a pure Gray Rat Snake.
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Regards, Bill McGighan
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Back on the GulfHammock issue - BillMcgElaphe, Sun Mar 19 13:30:04 2006