around 1500 ft elevation
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Ecuador snake - what kind?
dangerjudy
Mar 22, 2013 05:45 PM
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herplover1978
Mar 22, 2013 07:22 PM
looks like a ratsnake to me, beautiful animals. That defense posture is common in rat snakes in the genus Spilotes
Josh
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chrish
Mar 23, 2013 10:31 PM
That is the Bird-eating Snake (Pseustes sulphureus). Here's a juvenile I caught in the Amazonian side of Ecuador. You can see how the juvenile bands are still barely visible in your snake, which is probably a subadult. Notice the baby is even trying the neck puffing display.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas
DMong
Mar 24, 2013 04:37 PM
I totally agree that it is a definite Bird-eating Snake (Pseustes sulphureus).
Here is one of Nate's pics of a gorgeous specimen.
~Doug
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