Here is a really pretty rubidus we found freshly hit just south of Puerto Vallarta







That snakes was just under 4 feet long and had a lot of red on the sides and edges of the ventral scales the complete length of the body. Certainly worthy of the epithet rubidus!



The next day, near a town called Autlan, we found this huge freshly shed skin in an area of semi-evergreen forest. This would have been a monster snake, but still appeared to retain the red markings on the side. Wish I had been there a few hours earlier .




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Chris Harrison

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• more DOR indigo pics (rubidus) from Mexico.... - chrish, Wed Jan 5 00:10:45 2005
• RE: more DOR indigo pics (rubidus) from Mexico.... - steve fuller, Wed Jan 5 06:11:24 2005
• RE: more DOR indigo pics (rubidus) from Mexico.... - chrish, Wed Jan 5 11:56:22 2005
• RE: more DOR indigo pics (rubidus) from Mexico.... - epidemic, Wed Jan 5 13:58:32 2005
• I'm not so sure, Chris - dryguy, Wed Jan 5 16:25:58 2005
• Also, the "red-tail" - dryguy, Wed Jan 5 16:30:21 2005
• RE: I'm not so sure, Chris - chrish, Wed Jan 5 23:23:26 2005
• RE: I'm not so sure, Chris - dryguy, Wed Jan 5 23:42:13 2005
• dryguy... - DeanAlessandrini, Thu Jan 6 13:48:42 2005
• RE: dryguy... - epidemic, Thu Jan 6 15:27:20 2005
• What does rubidus mean? - tvandeventer, Thu Jan 6 18:44:59 2005
• Can't even spell my own name... - tvandeventer, Thu Jan 6 18:47:50 2005
• RE: What does rubidus mean? - oldherper, Thu Jan 6 19:39:43 2005
• RE: What does rubidus mean? - epidemic, Fri Jan 7 16:52:12 2005
• A couple of other pics of the snake.... - chrish, Thu Jan 6 22:23:16 2005
• I stand by my.. - dryguy, Fri Jan 7 01:07:14 2005
• CAUTION - I'm on my soapbox! - chrish, Fri Jan 7 11:25:45 2005