Picked this guy up today. Owner doesn't know his locality and I really dont work with rosy's. Hoping someone will be able to ID this guy for me. Thanks
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Lee Frey
Serpents Plus (aka. Lee Herps)
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Rosy ID
SerpentsPlus
Nov 20, 2011 02:49 PM
Replies (3)
markg
Nov 21, 2011 01:59 PM
Do you even know if it is a particular locality?
It is very attractive in any case.
Roy Stockwell
Nov 21, 2011 08:41 PM
Hello Lee... It's rarely possible to ID locales for sure, when no history is known. There are so many people mixing locales these days it really muddies up the water... but it is a coastal rosy or at least has a strong coastal influence and looks similar to San Gabriels
rosybozo
Nov 22, 2011 12:35 PM
Very nice boa.
Like others said, if you don't know it's history you simply cannot know its locality. What you have is a really nice non-locality rosy.
The jagged stripes show some coastal influence for sure, but they can look like that throughout most of the coastal range, and deep into the intergrade zone where coastals and deserts meet.
The orange on your snake is really nice, and reminds me of a nice San Gabe as well... But pretty much all coastal localities produce some individuals with really nice orange like that. Within the same population there are dark ones and light ones.
This pair were found within about 20 feet of each other, on the same day.
