Re: 1 picture on two websites; Texas or Eastern, who's right?

Posted by Chuck on December 06, 1999 at 11:03:03:

In Reply to: 1 picture on two websites; Texas or Eastern, who's right? posted by Sherry on December 05, 1999 at 19:53:46:

: I thought this was interesting. I found the same picture on two different websites. One is labeled Texas Indigo Snake and the other says Eastern Indigo Snake. The websites are: http://vygotsky.sfasu.edu/zoo/INDIGO.html and http://members.surfsouth.com/~gcpark/gc2.html

I looked up the pictures you mentioned. You may have a typo on the second one, I couldn't get. However the first one is indeed mislabled. The photo was scanned from "Living snakes of the world" by Mehrtens (page 137). It is an Eastern indigo (D.c.couperi). The way to tell for sure is look at the triangle shaped scale under the eye. On the Eastern, the scales on either side will meet above the triangle and touch. The Texas (D.c.erebennus) has a larger trinagle scale and the two side scales can't touch each other. Hope this is clear.
Great find, keep up the interest.
Chuck

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: : I thought this was interesting. I found the same picture on two different websites. One is labeled Texas Indigo Snake and the other says Eastern Indigo Snake. The websites are: http://vygotsky.sfasu.edu/zoo/INDIGO.html and http://members.surfsouth.com/~gcpark/gc2.html : I looked up the pictures you mentioned. You may have a typo on the second one, I couldn't get. However the first one is indeed mislabled. The photo was scanned from "Living snakes of the world" by Mehrtens (page 137). It is an Eastern indigo (D.c.couperi). The way to tell for sure is look at the triangle shaped scale under the eye. On the Eastern, the scales on either side will meet above the triangle and touch. The Texas (D.c.erebennus) has a larger trinagle scale and the two side scales can't touch each other. Hope this is clear. : Great find, keep up the interest. : Chuck

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