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Posted by sasheena on March 27, 2003 at 09:22:53:
In Reply to: Re: Sonoran Ground Snake posted by greg woodie on March 26, 2003 at 23:25:45:
:is that the right picture? it looks like a Plains Black-headed snake(Tantilla nigriceps).
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Good eye! Yes indeed. That is why my snake's name IS Tantilla. But Tantilla has a vivid orange belly, and some of the Sonoran Ground snakes around here, especially when juvenile, have a black head just like the Tantilla. That picture is a year old, and since then the black of the head has faded markedly, and the back is beginning to take on the common orange stripe on the back. There was a debate some time ago on the field collecting forum, and it was finally decided that he was indeed a Sonoran Ground Snake. I didn't believe at first, but close examination has proved it to be true. I would love to have a little REAL tantilla, but the ground snakes are fun.
~Sasheena
