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amazondoc
at Wed Jul 7 13:51:09 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amazondoc ]
>> In this photo towards the far right, I have done a mid-body(within 1-2 inches) scale count on exactly HALF of the snake up to the center point of it's vertebrae. I have counted 11 scales there. Now doing some simple math here, I can conclude that this cannot be a cornsnake, and fits perfectly with the meristics of an Eastern milksnake.
When we were taking radiology courses and other training, we referred to something known as "radiographic imagination". It involved "perceiving" details on radiographs that we could convince ourselves we were seeing, even though they weren't really objectively visible on the rads.... 
In the case of this snake, IMHO the supralabial count and positioning are the most clear and objective pieces of info we've gotten so far. The anal plate would be also, if we had a pic of it. You may be confident of your mid-body scale count as well, and no doubt I should have given such counts more consideration in my earlier post -- but I personally can't convince myself that we're getting a good count there. OTOH, it would be hard to miss enough scales to get into corn snake range, wouldn't it......okay, let's say this: supralabial count and positioning if you have a clear face shot; mid-body count if you have a clear mid-body shot; anal plate if you have a good ventral shot. Sound good? 
Very educational discussion, guys. Thanks!
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (Arco, Olho)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (Coatl)
0.0.1 Mexican black kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, Uce, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters
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RE: may I interject here? - amazondoc, Wed Jul 7 13:51:09 2010