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chrish
at Sun Aug 26 12:03:09 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
Greg,
I think you misunderstood my use of fasciata. I was implying it is 100% Nerodia fasciata as opposed to a hybrid, not the subspecies N.f. fasciata.
It doesn't look like the confluens we get here in eastern TX, but as you move east, I bet you see more and more inclination towards the N.f.fasciata pattern. I suspect it is a snake from somewhere along the gulf coast where those two subspecies come together.
I find confluens to be quite beautiful snakes, that one isn't. Here's a couple of east TX fasciata for comparison

 ----- Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
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