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chrish
at Sat Aug 25 09:40:04 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
Banded ws (Nerodia fasciata fasciata), Broad-banded ws (Nerodia fasciata confluens) or Florida banded ws (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)or some hybrid?



It just looks like a normal fasciata to me. It certainly doesn't show any evidence of being a hybrid (between fasciata and another species). It might be an intergrade between two subspecies of fasciata, but for that you will have to check the field guides/keys.
I have seen a lot of confluens in eastern TX and it really doesn't look like one of those to me, but maybe they look like that further east or north? ----- Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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