>>What do you guys think of this Thayeri? I'm not sure of it's lineage.

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True it is interesting....

If you don't know lineage then you can never really call it a thayeri....It could very likely have alterna or other subspecies of mexicana mixed in its bloodline......



With the aberrancies you really cannot go on phenotypical markers such as a trifoliate head pattern and a post ocular spot, nuchal blotch, etc......



Have you done any scale counts....ventrals? subcaudals? dorsals? Try it on the next shed......

Even if you do there is still no way to prove thayeri......imho.....



It is a nice looking snake though......I would try and trace the lineage down though.....Who did you get it from? Did they produce it? If so, who produced the parents? If not, where did they get it from and so on.......If you run into a dead end then it is a generic mexicana.....I have a pair and I label and advertise them as such.......
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