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I'm sorry the snake is so thin. I recently acquired it from aomeone who had neglected it for some time. I have it feeding on f/t chicks voraciously though, so it should fatten up with consistent feeding.
Anyway, could anyone tell me if this is dendrophila or melanota? I'd love to eventually breed it once it is healthy, but I don't want to mix the subspecies. This is the best picture I could get without disturbing the snake, but if you need more pics(or better ones), let me know. Thanks.

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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

It's dendrophila denrophila. The small scale after the eye is yellow, while in melanota there is none.

Cheers
hans
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Thanks Hans,
I thought it was dendrophila dendrophila, but I just wasn't sure. Thanks for clearing that up!
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Roy Blodgett

1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
0.1 Uroplatus henkeli
0.1 Corytophanes cristatus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville