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just another pic. of my female hog.

Beautiful! Are you breeding tri's??

yes, I HOPE.

Are you sure that is semicinctus, and not S. pulcher?
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
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Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
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Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

S. pulcher , are much darker, red...

Mine aren't-in fact some are brighter than that one-and their scalation says pulcher. There are actually very few true semicinctus out there.
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

how about some pics?

Here are a couple shots of various pulcher. Just average animals, unfortunately I don't have a shot of either of my brightest adults.

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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

I agree, unless you have exact locality data of where that animal was collected it's nearly impossible to tell species apart from color alone. Do a scale count.

"Lystrophis semicinctus is predominately yellowish in coloration, with the pale areas between the black being of equal width. The width of the black and white rings remains constant to adulthood. Black rings vary from 14 to 22 pairs on the body and from 2 to 41/2 pairs on the tail.

The rostral is well developed, keeled dorsally, and upturned. Internasal scales are separated by the postero-dorsal portion of the rostral. Prefrontals are generally separated by an antefrontal shield in most cases; few individuals do not possess the antefrontal. The frontal is as long as it is broad. One preocular and two postocular scales are present. There is one loreal, and temporals measure 1 and 2. There are eight supralabials with the fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Of the ten infralabials, the first through the fourth are in contact with the first pair of chin shields. There are between 147 and 171 ventral scales; between153 and 167 ventral scales in females and 151 to 171 in males. The ventral plate is divided. Subcaudal scales measure 22-34 in females and 28-37 in males. Dorsal scales measure 21-21-17." Hognose.com

ok, thanks you ...

ok, thanks...