I examined the shed skin you sent me, and it does in fact key-out as L.t.gaigeae with 19 dorsal scale rows at mid-body, just as I thought it probably would. Also, it looks to be a short-tailed male as it has 55 or 56 subcaudal scales (very tip of tail missing) and a straighter, less tapering tail. Of the females that K. Williams examined (per Systematics 1978), females had between 42-54 subcaudal scales past the vent.



Thanks for sending it to me to examine!..





cheers, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"



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• ATTN. Drdan (Black milk ID) - DMong, Mon Sep 3 04:15:37 2012
• RE: ATTN. Drdan (Black milk ID) - Dniles, Mon Sep 3 07:15:40 2012
• RE: ATTN. Drdan (Black milk ID) - joecop, Mon Sep 3 10:51:56 2012
• RE: ATTN. Drdan (Black milk ID) - Drdan, Mon Sep 3 11:06:08 2012
• thanks guys....... - DMong, Mon Sep 3 14:35:58 2012
• What about this Doug? - RG, Tue Sep 4 08:25:27 2012
• That's easy! - DMong, Tue Sep 4 11:39:21 2012
• Hahahaha! - RG, Wed Sep 5 07:43:54 2012
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• RE: What about this Doug? - joecop, Tue Sep 4 20:24:56 2012