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Old 01-15-2007, 04:39 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: help sexing...

According to Rossman et. al (1991), males have more vertebrae, more subcaudal scales (between the vent and the tip of the tail, or tail spike), and longer tails. I know the numbers for T.s. concinnus, but I suspect that these numbers would vary from species to species, and probably even between certain subspecies. By the way, these scales are easiest to count in a picture, instead of on a live, moving snake.
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