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What snake species is this

TheKoreanKeeper Jan 01, 2010 11:32 PM

Ok, could someone tell me what this is? I thought it was an earth snake or a dekay's but I'm not sure.
http://superworm.co.kr/
i cant seem to get the picture itself, so this will be complicated(it's in another language.)
1.you can see the shopping category sign in English, go down to the 6th one.(ÆÄÃÑ·ù Àü¹® ÄÚ³Ê)
2.there's this thing called ¡Ü ÄÜ&¹ÐÅ©&Å·½º³×ÀÌÅ©, and if you click that, the first picture is ·¹µå¶óÀÎ ½º³×ÀÌÅ© º£À̺ñ(´ë), if you could identify that for me, I'd be grateful. I know that it's complicated, but the picture won't load on my computer for some reason, so I'm stuck.

Replies (11)

LarryF Jan 02, 2010 01:25 AM

Unfortunately, the Korean text is not coming through in your post either, so it's hard to tell where you're looking... (Step one is easy, but I'm lost after that.)
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TheKoreanKeeper Jan 03, 2010 07:35 AM

Oh, sorry then. I know, it was a bit much. Well, I noticed one of them found it, so maybe if you looked at his post...

herplover1978 Jan 02, 2010 08:33 PM

Is this the picture?

Josh
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TheKoreanKeeper Jan 03, 2010 07:34 AM

Why yes, it is.

DMong Jan 03, 2010 01:06 PM

That is a Twin-spotted Ratsnake(Elaphe bimaculata). These also intergrade quite freely with the Dione's Ratsnake, aka "Steppes" ratsnake(Elaphe dione) in Asia.

~Doug
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LemonViper Jan 03, 2010 02:57 PM

I think it looks more like Elaphe Rufodorsata aka Chinese Gartersnake.To much striping for Bimaculata.
Trey

DMong Jan 03, 2010 03:07 PM

That is very possible, although I have seen a good number of pretty heavily striped types of the other aforementioned bimaculata as well.

But very likely it is a rofodorsata, as they tend to be more typically striped as you mentioned.

~Doug
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TheKoreanKeeper Jan 04, 2010 10:23 AM

It might. I've seen some that bear resemblence to it. The thing is though, the specimens I saw had a orange underside. And since they lived here, I'd thought they'd have a name for it, instead of making a konglish one.

TheKoreanKeeper Jan 04, 2010 10:22 AM

Ok, thanks for the info. It could be a dione, they are really variable from what I know, a bit like the variable kingsnakes.

KevinM Jan 14, 2010 08:30 PM

Looks like rufodorsata. Chinese garter snake.

TheKoreanKeeper Jan 15, 2010 05:05 AM

Thanks, you are right, it is. We simply call it the water snake though.

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