>>These are designed so that a predator wont know which end is the head and which is the tail. Northerly forms refer to more cryptic coloration because they have less predators and can more easily forage above ground....See, there is 7 years of Biology in one paragraph.....Grrrr,stupid degree>>

Banded coloration tends to be disruptive. A predator simply cannot recognize the animal as a snake when it is resting.

Striped coloration servies a different purpose. A predator watching a moving snake that is striped will often focus on the stripe. When the snake moves using rectilinear motion, the stripe remains stationary even when the snake moves. Therefore the predator does not detect any motion until it is too late and the snake has disappeared into the underbrush. I know because this is what happened to me when I was watching the dorsal stripe of a garter snake and it disappeared right in front of my eyes.

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• Reason for striking coloration - markg, Fri Apr 25 17:34:16 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - Patton, Fri Apr 25 19:27:10 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - DMong, Fri Apr 25 21:07:06 2008
• Better yet Mark! - DMong, Fri Apr 25 21:12:55 2008
• RE: Better yet Mark! - charleshanklin, Sat Apr 26 00:22:47 2008
• RE: Better yet Mark! - antelope, Sat Apr 26 09:51:30 2008
• RE: Better yet Mark! - DMong, Sat Apr 26 11:17:44 2008
• Here! Here! LOL!!!n/p - Patton, Sat Apr 26 06:32:34 2008
• Banding and striping - Jeff Schofield, Sat Apr 26 01:36:46 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - CKing, Tue Apr 29 01:06:34 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - Jeff Schofield, Tue Apr 29 02:11:48 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - CKing, Tue Apr 29 08:09:13 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - Jeff Schofield, Tue Apr 29 19:40:07 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - CKing, Tue Apr 29 20:41:15 2008
• studys have been done - Jeff Schofield, Tue Apr 29 21:45:58 2008
• RE: studys have been done - CKing, Tue Apr 29 22:36:22 2008
• RE: studys have been done - Jeff Schofield, Tue Apr 29 22:44:03 2008
• RE: Observation is the proof - CKing, Wed Apr 30 09:27:46 2008
• RE: Observation is the proof - DMong, Wed Apr 30 12:55:47 2008
• RE: Observation is the proof - Joe_M, Wed Apr 30 17:04:15 2008
• Hey, Joe! - Sunherp, Thu May 1 14:12:23 2008
• RE: Observation is the proof - CKing, Sun May 4 10:16:34 2008
• RE: Observation is the proof - Jeff Schofield, Wed Apr 30 17:32:07 2008
• Yes... - Sunherp, Thu May 1 14:20:52 2008
• RE: Yes... - CKing, Thu Jun 12 11:39:04 2008
• I disagree a little, Jeff. - Sunherp, Thu May 1 14:02:08 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - markg, Tue Apr 29 14:54:49 2008
• RE: Banding and striping - Jeff Schofield, Tue Apr 29 19:56:02 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - waspinator421, Sun Apr 27 00:58:28 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - peter54, Sun Apr 27 06:43:52 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - markg, Mon Apr 28 01:47:43 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - CKing, Tue Apr 29 00:43:50 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - peter54, Thu May 1 15:54:31 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - CKing, Thu Jun 12 11:49:07 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - donv, Sun Apr 27 16:26:32 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - CKing, Tue Apr 29 00:27:52 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - markg, Tue Apr 29 14:49:10 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - CKing, Tue Apr 29 20:54:58 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - antelope, Wed Apr 30 02:18:15 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - CKing, Wed Apr 30 06:08:47 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - antelope, Thu May 1 00:32:03 2008
• RE: Reason for striking coloration - peter54, Thu May 1 16:04:19 2008