Re: leucistic spiloides

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Posted by Patrick Alexander on January 13, 2001 at 19:34:41:

In Reply to: leucistic spiloides posted by dg on January 13, 2001 at 17:54:37:

: :There is a leucistic grey rat, which there were pictures of somewhere, but to my knowledge there's only one of those, and it's the only leucistic obsoleta that ain't E. o. lindheimeri.

: Mr Alexander,
: A leucistic grey rat snake? And how might you tell the difference from a leucistic lindheimeri? I am interested to hear how spiloides and lindheimeri may be differentiated in the leucistic form.

: Even if it were a true leucistic spiloides it would have no more monetary value than a leucistic TX rat, at least in my eyes.

: Thanks for any info you may have on this topic,

As I recall, Sacha Korell was the one that had pictures of it. It was noticably different from a leucistic Texas rat, as it lacked any of the bug-eyed-ness that's present to some extent in all of the leucistic Texas rats that I've seen pics of. The eyes also seemed more greyish than bluish. I'm guessing that you'd know it was spiloides from the range...

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        too bad you don't ship.... LOL - np dg 01/14/01 (2)
        
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        been there, etc.. dg 01/15/01 (0)
        
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: : :There is a leucistic grey rat, which there were pictures of somewhere, but to my knowledge there's only one of those, and it's the only leucistic obsoleta that ain't E. o. lindheimeri. : : Mr Alexander, : : A leucistic grey rat snake? And how might you tell the difference from a leucistic lindheimeri? I am interested to hear how spiloides and lindheimeri may be differentiated in the leucistic form. : : Even if it were a true leucistic spiloides it would have no more monetary value than a leucistic TX rat, at least in my eyes. : : Thanks for any info you may have on this topic, : As I recall, Sacha Korell was the one that had pictures of it. It was noticably different from a leucistic Texas rat, as it lacked any of the bug-eyed-ness that's present to some extent in all of the leucistic Texas rats that I've seen pics of. The eyes also seemed more greyish than bluish. I'm guessing that you'd know it was spiloides from the range...

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