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Posted by Terry Cox on November 13, 2001 at 04:52:17:

In Reply to: Ack! posted by Ronda on November 12, 2001 at 23:13:31:

It shows the profile very well, good clarity, and a nice shot of the head. They sure are interesting snakes, and quite different from the subspecies I work with, E. t. taeniura. I like the vertical flattening of the body, which is more pronounced in ridleyi, than in most of the others. Even my E. bimaculata has that a little, which is distantly related in the Elaphe. I was looking at one last night and thought it was slightly flattened that way. That's a cool feature which indicates their partial arboreality, I believe.

Hope the pairings start working for you. Sounds like Mike had a good suggestion. And don't let that muskiness of the Elaphe get you down. That's one of the great things about them. I always look forward to spring and bringing all my little beauties back out. They are at their stinkiest and Elaphiest, sort a "right of spring"...an initiation, if you will. Even the little ones, like bimaculata and dione can remind you which genus you're working with. And it goes away in a couple hours. Just have to stay away from others for a little bit is all.

Well, anyway, good luck with those cave-dwellers :-)

Terry

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: It shows the profile very well, good clarity, and a nice shot of the head. They sure are interesting snakes, and quite different from the subspecies I work with, E. t. taeniura. I like the vertical flattening of the body, which is more pronounced in ridleyi, than in most of the others. Even my E. bimaculata has that a little, which is distantly related in the Elaphe. I was looking at one last night and thought it was slightly flattened that way. That's a cool feature which indicates their partial arboreality, I believe. : Hope the pairings start working for you. Sounds like Mike had a good suggestion. And don't let that muskiness of the Elaphe get you down. That's one of the great things about them. I always look forward to spring and bringing all my little beauties back out. They are at their stinkiest and Elaphiest, sort a "right of spring"...an initiation, if you will. Even the little ones, like bimaculata and dione can remind you which genus you're working with. And it goes away in a couple hours. Just have to stay away from others for a little bit is all. : Well, anyway, good luck with those cave-dwellers :-) : Terry

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