Wow, World Book! I spent more time with that 's' volume as a kid than I did doing homework, and that kingsnake photo blew my mind. The black bands looked almost blue, so for a long time I thought of Sonoran kings as having a 'flag' color scheme.

The indigo shot you posted, on the other hand, was one I didn't see until pretty late. The photo that immortalized couperi for me was the black and white overhead shot of an adult coiled on a linoleum floor. I remember it from 'Snakes as Pets', but it appears in other TFH books, like Breen's 'Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians'. Even now, that's my favorite indigo photo. Breen's book also made Spilotes into a sort of holy grail for me.

Thanks for posting the pic!

Steve

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• who remembers this photo? - DeanAlessandrini, Mon Jun 27 15:23:06 2005
• RE: who remembers this photo? - lateralis, Mon Jun 27 18:49:26 2005
• RE: who remembers this photo? - cousinmike, Mon Jun 27 18:54:27 2005
• RE: who remembers this photo? - mrand, Tue Jun 28 00:58:58 2005
• Inspirational!! - dryguy, Tue Jun 28 16:58:10 2005
• Heck yeah!!! - Fred Albury, Tue Jun 28 02:46:50 2005
• RE: Heck yeah!!! - frankdunham, Tue Jun 28 09:55:04 2005
• ah yes, the little golden guide... - DeanAlessandrini, Tue Jun 28 12:13:17 2005
• Memories.... - Mike Meade, Tue Jun 28 13:29:32 2005
• a few books and the encyclopedias were all we had... - DeanAlessandrini, Tue Jun 28 15:43:06 2005
• LIKE A STEPHEN KING NOVEL.......truly scary - Fred Albury, Tue Jun 28 17:52:09 2005
• I have often thought... - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Jun 29 11:30:22 2005
• RE: a few books and the encyclopedias were all we had... - statchett, Wed Jun 29 20:59:43 2005
• Geez, are we all geezers? - Mike Meade, Wed Jun 29 23:24:00 2005
• RE: ah yes, the little golden guide... - VICtort, Tue Jun 28 21:53:51 2005
• RE: ah yes, the little golden guide... - antelope, Wed Jun 29 00:01:02 2005
• I'd check it out.... - crimsonking, Mon Jul 4 22:12:49 2005
• what a great photo... - Roe, Tue Jun 28 15:25:33 2005