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by orphia
July 15th, 2015, 12:37 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Etymology of Lystrophis
Replies: 5
Views: 4119

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...
by orphia
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 ...
by orphia
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.

Image
Armstrong by Julian Rossi, on Flickr

He's a good-lookin' snake!
by orphia
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...
by orphia
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...
by orphia
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.