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.
Snake 1 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
Snake 2 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
Snake 3 by curtisfrommichigan, on Flickr
Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
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- Curtis Hart
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Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
Calabar burrowing boa... Charina reinhardtii
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
And a GORGEOUS one at that!Jacob wrote:Calabar burrowing boa... Charina reinhardtii
I love Calabars....like a colorful Rubber boa haha!
- Curtis Hart
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- Joined: June 7th, 2010, 5:07 pm
- Location: Hillsdale County, Michigan
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
Thanks for the quick answer!!
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
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!
Nice find!
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
Really wish they'd cropped that first shot a little more closely.
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That depends on which part they would have focussed on - the snake or the....Really wish they'd cropped that first shot a little more closely.
Well, i think you mean the snake
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I went with what I remembered...but thanks for the correction. It did feel a little funny typing charina for an African snake! LolWW** 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!
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
Years ago, I had purchased one that was called a Calabar Burrowing "Python". I guess Boa is more correct now.