I saw today a dead black snake (about 18 cm) with several yellow bands (6 or 7 I guess), one around the head (didn't take a photo, so from the top of my head, I think it was just behind the eye).
Location: Veracruz, Mexico. (Close to Xalapa).
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Blck w 7(?) yellow bands, Veracruz, MX
JohnBokma
Oct 15, 2006 06:45 PM
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chrish
Oct 15, 2006 07:55 PM
It sounds like Tropidodipsas (Sibon) sartorii. They are black with a number of bands like that. The bands vary from yellowish-white through yellow to bright orange.
Here is a link to a pic of a whiteish one. Imagine the light bands are orange or yellow and that is probably what you found.
calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0403/0621.jpeg
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
JohnBokma
Oct 15, 2006 09:47 PM
Thanks Chris, and apologies for not thanking you more often in the past for answering my ID questions 
I *should* have taken a picture, but I am quite sure that the snake is what I saw, also because my partner told me that there were more then 7 bands just after I posted this message.
The photo matches the description of the band behind the eyes, the detail that got most of my attention. It was dead on the road in a small town. Town is surrounded by mango trees, and has a river/stream going through it.
Thanks,
John
