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I examined the shed skin you sent me, and it does in fact key-out as L.t.gaigeae with 19 dorsal scale rows at mid-body, just as I thought it probably would. Also, it looks to be a short-tailed male as it has 55 or 56 subcaudal scales (very tip of tail missing) and a straighter, less tapering tail. Of the females that K. Williams examined (per Systematics 1978), females had between 42-54 subcaudal scales past the vent.

Thanks for sending it to me to examine!..

cheers, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Nice work there Doug!

Dave

Nice ID bro!! I know who to call when I just don't know.

Joe

Hi Doug...

Thanks a lot for examining the shed skin I sent! Now that he's been officially I.D.'d as a Gaigeae, I'll let him know that it's O.K. to him to start living up to his common name.

I'll post photos once and a while so those interested can see his color changes and age while making these changes!

Thanks again!

Dan

I was happy to do this, as I wanted to know myself too. The meristics certainly corelates well with the photos, both from Dan and La Ferme Tropicale's ad That Dan posted a while back..

A young San Antonio pair I had here looked just like Dan's, and I noticed them coloring up a bit more since I had them here for a few months waiting to eventually get them to my friend.

cheers, ~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Try to ID this:

.........the police and I identified it as this guy. He left that print after choking down some blazing hot wings at a local restaurant, then robbing the place before he left..LOL!

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

I think my fingerprints were removed after those Ghost Pepper wings!!!

LMAO!!,......yeah, I'll bet those wings melted your finger tips off as well as your tongue and intestines!...

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

Ah, now your getting into my old line of work!!! I will leave the snakes to Doug though-----I am humbled there.

Joe