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rtdunham
at Mon Feb 1 21:48:13 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
Here's the coral snake, maybe 30-36 inches, I'd guess. Notice the second picture: the snake would flatten the last six to twelve inches of its body and coil and then raise its tail similar to the way ringnecks do. When the snake was momentarily restrained near the head, it pushed the raised tail coil away from the body, and it looked a great deal like a snake moving in that (backward) direction. All in all, pretty good feinting.
The third pic's a brahminy blind snake. A few interesting facts for those not familiar with them: they're native to SE asia, introduced into the US with landscape plants (especially florida--i've found them in saint petersburg in pinellas county--and there's even a report of one turning up near cleveland, ohio, though I'd be surprised if they were reproducing there); adults are 2.5 to 6.5 inches; they're all females, reproduce asexually, producing up to eight female clones of the mom. Or so I've read.
These and the racer that started this thread were all in south central florida, near the northern edge of the cane fields. The coral and ringneck (not shown) were found in rotting wood; the racer was on the move; the brahminy blind snake under trash.
thanks to doug mong, btw, for successfully showing me how to use photobucket to easily include multiple images in kingsnake forum posts. You CAN teach an old dog...
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RE: south florida - rtdunham, Mon Feb 1 21:48:13 2010