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Steve_Craig
at Mon Apr 10 11:07:12 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Steve_Craig ]
That's an impressive meahllmorum Toby. That's a heck of a big girl. I must say I love the head pattern on her. When I look at it, reminds me of either the top view of a bottle nose Dolphin, or I also see an F-14 Tomcat with it's wings in the fully extended position. Then again maybe I just spent too much time in the Navy, LOL She's a beauty regardless.
Steve
Latest literature calls them Southwestern rat snakes (Elaphe (Pantherophis) emoryi meahllmorum). "Texas Snakes, A Field Guide" James R. Dixon and John E. Werler (Nov. 2005, University of Texas Press). Some feel they should be P. guttatus meahllmorum.
Here's my favorite Nueces County female. Over 4 ft long and more than 700 grams. WC from the busy Airline / Cimmaron area of Corpus Christi. Mother to 2 clutches so far. Giving her this year off from breeding
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