Hello!
I would like to get some help in identifying snake species on photos below. It is a terrarium snake. It suppose to be a North american species.
Thank you in advance!
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Terrarium snake species
guest1
Jul 05, 2006 02:41 PM
Replies (4)
chrish
Jul 05, 2006 03:18 PM
This is not a North American species.
It appears to be a snake from the genus Malpolon, probably Malpolon moilensis.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
guest1
Jul 06, 2006 05:40 AM
Hello!
I checked in literature the scalation of head in Malpolon moilensis and it doesn't look the same. Any other ideas?
Thank you!
rearfang
Jul 07, 2006 08:56 AM
At first glance it does look like a Malapon. It also resembles the Beaked snakes. Problem is the proportions of the snake and the pattern does not work for either genus.
If you look closely at the head it appears there was a injury and propable deformation. I have seen such in other colubrids where the snout becomes more sharply sloped than normal.
At this point, considering the eye markings as well, I am inclined to go with one of the Eurasian-N. African species of Coluber.
Frank
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Thomas
Jul 05, 2006 05:49 PM
I don't know what kind, but completely agree with Chris, (from what I've seen he is right 99 times out of 100 lol) it is defenitely not a North American species.
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