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monklet
at Tue Mar 16 21:52:09 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by monklet ]
Hahahah, that's my pic of my S. Pine normal  ))...but it does NOT look exactly the same. Most obviously, notice the "unravled", speckled look to the pattern on the anterior third on mine. That is a big S. Pine thing. The blotch count looks too high also with much closer spacing but you can't get a full count from that pic.
Stull states that P. s. sayi (as it was grouped in those days) has "more that 40 dark spots in marked contrast to the light ground color throughout the entire length"
btw, the blotch count is neck to vent.
S. Pine, mugitus, "never more that 40" and "anterior spots usually indistinguishable from the brown ground color".
Let study this some more and see what we get, but we need more pics.
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RE: my new pair of southern pines. - monklet, Tue Mar 16 21:52:09 2010