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Hello!

I am new here. I am a photographer and I have registered to find help to identify snakes I photopgraphy here...

I am starting with 2 snakes photographied in the "Chapada Diamantina", in the state of Bahia.

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Can anyone help me?

I don't know South American snakes very well, but the first snake looks like a species of Chironius and the green snake is possibly one of the species of Philodryas.

Sorry, but that's as close as I know S.American Snakes.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

I think your first snake is Chironius exoletus and your second snake is Philodryas olfersii. very cool.

Nate

I think you are correct....
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

I agree on the Chironius
but I don't think Philodryas olfersi have white/cream colored labials, it fits more in line with P.aestiva.

Oh, and P.olfersi's range doesn't extend up into Bahia, its found a bit further south, P.aestiva looks like it barely comes into Bahia in the extreme southern end.

Hello!

Thank you very much for your help...

Well, the 2nd one, seems like Philodryas aestivus, but I have also been told it could be Liophis viridis... I am not able to make the difference between both.

What do you think?

It does look like both, the distinguishing factor to me is the pointed snout, Philodryas is pointed Liophis is not.

Nate