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tspuckler
at Sat Nov 27 11:38:19 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]
Jimmy,
I've started "jumping up and down!"
Yeah, I no expert on Everglades Rats and I'm just stated what I've read. Here's an excerpt from Dick Bartlett's book "In Search of Reptiles and Amphibians." It is in the section "The plight of Rossalleni" where he discusses if there's any "pure" Everglades Rat Snakes left in the wild:
"Obviously of yellow rat snake lineage but more intensely colored and with a red, rather than black, tongue it was a characteristic serpent from the environs of Okeechobee southward into the 'glades."
Later he states:
"The yellow began its insidious southward movement and the Keys phase began moving north. This further increased pressure on rossalleni which were now feeely interbreeding with the newcomers. By the time the mid-70s had rolled around, most of the snakes to be found between South Bay and Andytown displayed intergrade characteristics. Rather than orange snakes with faded stripes and red tongues, they were yellow-orange with rather promonant striping and tongues that were half red, half black."
Tim
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- Help with ID please - goombasreptiles, Tue Nov 23 13:02:00 2010

- RE: Help with ID please - GoombasReptiles, Tue Nov 23 14:52:10 2010

- RE: Help with ID please - cochran, Tue Nov 23 15:28:23 2010

- I'm with Jeff on this one - draybar, Tue Nov 23 16:45:20 2010
- RE: I'm with Jeff on this one - GoombasReptiles, Tue Nov 23 17:28:05 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - DMong, Tue Nov 23 19:17:55 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - GoombasReptiles, Tue Nov 23 19:36:45 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - DMong, Wed Nov 24 01:38:49 2010
- closeup of Jeff's hypo - DMong, Wed Nov 24 02:02:33 2010

- RE: Help with ID please - cochran, Wed Nov 24 20:45:51 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - goombasreptiles, Wed Nov 24 21:18:02 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - tspuckler, Fri Nov 26 07:48:04 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - goombasreptiles, Fri Nov 26 20:31:10 2010

- RE: Help with ID please - goombasreptiles, Fri Nov 26 20:42:23 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - pgcc0912, Sat Nov 27 06:16:55 2010

- RE: Help with ID please - draybar, Sat Nov 27 09:34:30 2010

- not conant and collins - draybar, Sat Nov 27 09:41:32 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - pgcc0912, Sat Nov 27 10:35:43 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - pgcc0912, Sat Nov 27 10:36:42 2010

RE: Help with ID please - tspuckler, Sat Nov 27 11:38:19 2010
- Oh, and one more thing... - tspuckler, Sat Nov 27 12:03:39 2010
- RE: Oh, and one more thing... - draybar, Sat Nov 27 16:16:14 2010
- RE: Oh, and one more thing... - goombasreptiles, Sat Nov 27 16:41:02 2010
- RE: Oh, and one more thing... - DMong, Sat Nov 27 17:27:27 2010
- RE: Help with ID please - cochran, Sat Nov 27 18:56:46 2010

- RE: Oh, and one more thing... - cochran, Sat Nov 27 19:05:15 2010
- No disrepect intended... - foxturtle, Sun Nov 28 01:20:07 2010
- Agreed... - foxturtle, Sun Nov 28 01:30:20 2010
- RE: Oh, and one more thing... - DMong, Sun Nov 28 09:14:21 2010
- RE: Agreed... - DMong, Sun Nov 28 09:22:09 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - tspuckler, Sun Nov 28 10:44:08 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - RichardHurtz, Sun Nov 28 15:20:32 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - tspuckler, Sun Nov 28 17:23:35 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - RichardHurtz, Sun Nov 28 18:06:59 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - DMong, Sun Nov 28 18:40:54 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - foxturtle, Tue Nov 30 01:59:18 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - foxturtle, Tue Nov 30 02:07:44 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - goombasreptiles, Thu Dec 2 16:54:43 2010
- RE: No disrepect intended... - PeeBee, Fri Dec 3 00:37:36 2010
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