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I'm not familiar with fasciata at all. The ones I got are pictured below, but I see in the Conant Field Guide Florida Bandeds that look quiet different. Do the adults develop patterns that look like the snake in this picture?
http://cars.er.usgs.gov/pics/reptiles1/reptile1/reptile1_14.html
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There is A LOT of variation between adults...each subspecies has its different variations as well. The only subspecies I am particularly knowledgeable with would be confluens, the broad banded. Audlts of all species though can have different patterns, colors, and tints/shades. Some range from almost black to very bright. Andy
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Andy Maddox
The Reptizone
The juveniles you have pictured look like pictiventris. I haven't seen many adults of that ssp. so I'm not entirely familiar with their typical adult coloration. However, this picture looks exactly like the fasciata fasciata I catch in the panhandle of FL. They are very dark with orange or reddish lateral highlights. I would go solely on ventral pattern for ssp. designation to be safe though.
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Pierson Hill
Herpetology and Herpetoculture
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