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06-24-2012, 03:00 AM #1
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Second attempt - Snake ID - Better Pics
The Snake is still with me and now in a better enclosure so I can post some better pics that will hopefully help ID it.
Additional information. When threathened it drags its head into an S strike position and make a rattling sound with its tail. Much lika a rattle snake. It does not have any rattle on its tail.
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06-24-2012, 03:07 AM #2
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Whatever it is, it's pretty
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06-24-2012, 03:56 AM #3
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Where do you live? If I remember correctly, snakes that rattle the tail but don't have a rattle are usually bluffing, and that looks like some sort of boa to me.
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Please click an egg so they'll grow.
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06-24-2012, 04:42 AM #4
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The snake is from Pacific coast of Nicaragua.
Corallus annulatus is one the ideas that has been discussed as a possibilityDo as I say. Not as I do.
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06-24-2012, 07:21 AM #5
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Yes, it definitely looks boine. The Corallus genus seems to fit. I think we can rule out Elaphe.
That strike position is identical to the one my Corallus cookii used to make
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06-24-2012, 07:10 PM #6
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It does look a lot less like a rat snake now...
Thanks for the 'new and improved' pictures...
No idea what it is...
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06-25-2012, 03:52 AM #7
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Many species of snakes vibrate their tails, IME (limited) boas and pythons don't. Rat snakes and other smaller constrictors do though.
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06-25-2012, 02:09 PM #8
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Looks like some type of Rat Snake or other colubrid to me. It is common for Rat Snakes to vibrate their tails in defense. Not very common in constrictors. I have no real guesses though. just be careful for now.
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06-25-2012, 02:33 PM #9
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Good point on the rattling. Never observed that in boas either. Looking at the grey eyes with small dark pupil, it does seem similar to the Elaphe or Pseudelaphe genus
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06-25-2012, 04:11 PM #10
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Could I request a belly pic? I have a hunch...
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