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Curtis Hart
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Equatorial Guinea Snake ID

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A coworker was in EG this winter and photographed a snake. I have no references for the area and was hoping someone here could ID it. She was on Bioko.

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Snake 1 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
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Snake 2 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
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Snake 3 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
Jacob
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Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID

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Calabar burrowing boa... Charina reinhardtii
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Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID

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Jacob wrote:Calabar burrowing boa... Charina reinhardtii
And a GORGEOUS one at that!

I love Calabars....like a colorful Rubber boa haha!
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Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID

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Thanks for the quick answer!!
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Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID

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These guys went back to being Calabaria reinhardti many years ago - they are in no way closely related to N. American Charina. Kluge's morphological phylogenetic study that suggested a close relationship with Charina was most probably mislead by convergence due to a similar semi-fossorial natural history.

Nice find!
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Really wish they'd cropped that first shot a little more closely.
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Really wish they'd cropped that first shot a little more closely.
That depends on which part they would have focussed on - the snake or the....
Well, i think you mean the snake
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WW** wrote:These guys went back to being Calabaria reinhardti many years ago - they are in no way closely related to N. American Charina. Kluge's morphological phylogenetic study that suggested a close relationship with Charina was most probably mislead by convergence due to a similar semi-fossorial natural history.

Nice find!
I went with what I remembered...but thanks for the correction. It did feel a little funny typing charina for an African snake! Lol
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Years ago, I had purchased one that was called a Calabar Burrowing "Python". I guess Boa is more correct now.
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