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- July 15th, 2015, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Etymology of Lystrophis
- Replies: 5
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Re: Etymology of Lystrophis
Well yeah. A beautiful shovel faced snake you have there orphia. So to speak. Its more comprehensive when animals are named for their morphological features than an individuals name imo. If you look at that upside down shovel shape you will notice it in other reptiles as well. Savannah Monitors for...
- July 15th, 2015, 10:58 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Etymology of Lystrophis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4119
Etymology of Lystrophis
Not sure if this belongs here or elsewhere - but does anyone know the etymology of Lystrophis (as in pulcher)? I've been trying to figure it out but as I don't speak Latin, it's all Greek to me. Strangely enough the species name is readily available - pulcher refers to the beauty of the snake, hard ...
- August 1st, 2014, 5:17 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8954
Re: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
One last picture of him two years ago, in more natural light.
Armstrong by Julian Rossi, on Flickr
He's a good-lookin' snake!
Armstrong by Julian Rossi, on Flickr
He's a good-lookin' snake!
- August 1st, 2014, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8954
Re: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
Thanks, all. I appreciate the ID help because, of course, one wants to know what one keeps! He is probably an intergrade. Based on the pictures I'm seeing, I can't see him being a pure San Diego (the body blotches look completely off), but who knows. As for the yellow base colour, the pictures are n...
- July 30th, 2014, 2:55 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8954
Pituophis experts, ID assistance?
I've owned a male gopher snake for some years and his subspecies is always coming under question. He was sold to me as Sonoran; someone else told me Pacific; today I was told he was definitely San Diego. According to the identification key , he could be either Sonoran or Pacific but I dunno about an...
- June 25th, 2014, 10:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica 2014
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8153
Re: Costa Rica 2014
I unlurked just to say: fantastic shots of Loxocemus, an animal I wish I saw more often anywhere.