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at Mon Jun 23 03:18:16 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WW ]
The two species are fairly distinct. H. bicinctus has almost a coral snake pattern, although the colours tend to be fairly subdued especially in adults (medium-brown bands separated from dark brown bands by narrow lighter bands). I have seen a photo of a juvie that was quite coral-like, though. Also, H. bicinctus has 17 scale rows at midbody, whereas H. gigas has 19. Really, very little has been published about H. bicinctus.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Wolfgang ----- WW
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