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terryp
at Wed Oct 20 14:55:59 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by terryp ]
Thanks for the comments Terry. I responded to jtclark's post on this thread concerning a little of what you mention. I think the burnt orange or orange body color is to absorb heat for warmth. The Mexican bairds and Davis Mountain Texas bairds live in higher elevations than some of the other baird populations. They still inhabit crevices in rocky areas. The grey head would allow them to still pop out their head to strike and grab their prey in addition to keeping them hidden from predators. The camouflaged head might give them that extra split second to brab prey. The burnt orange or orange color and darker gray in the case of the Davis Mountain area Texas bairds would give them some added warmth in higher elevation areas. The entire body has this trait to fully utilize the warmth it can provide. You are correct in collecting and reviewing a lot of natural history to provide data and support of their phenotype colors, patterns, and transition they go through from babies to adults.
Terry Parks
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- Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - terryp, Tue Oct 19 17:56:41 2004
- Outstanding Terry.... - Steve_Craig, Tue Oct 19 19:12:02 2004
- Steve - Gargoyle420, Tue Oct 19 23:54:32 2004
- RE: Paul - BillyBoy, Wed Oct 20 06:45:25 2004
- RE: Paul - terryp, Wed Oct 20 08:57:34 2004
- RE: Paul - BillyBoy, Wed Oct 20 11:43:34 2004
- Bribes. - Gargoyle420, Thu Oct 21 00:20:35 2004
- It is a beauty - Mark Banczak, Tue Oct 19 19:14:05 2004
- RE: Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - jtclark, Tue Oct 19 21:10:45 2004
- Very nice - crtoon83, Tue Oct 19 22:57:39 2004
- RE: Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - Terry Cox, Wed Oct 20 11:20:18 2004
- wives and snakes...... - panther13half, Wed Oct 20 11:34:28 2004
 RE: Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - terryp, Wed Oct 20 14:55:59 2004
- RE: Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - draybar, Wed Oct 20 17:34:16 2004
- RE: Mexican Baird rat snake . . . .> - Steve_Craig, Wed Oct 20 18:17:25 2004
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