Thread: Scale count
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Old 02-23-2007, 06:57 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Scale count

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Originally Posted by Cazador View Post
Wow! Yours are different than mine. Mine have 17 scale rows. Your vertebral stripe looks much thinner than mine, too... barely a full scale width. I bet we're dealing with two different species, if not hybrids. How far from the head or vent did you do this scale count, Kitkat?
Rick
I took my count about mid-body. But here's the thing... my biggest snake has 19 rows if I count those weird hexagonal scales... but I think my smaller one has 17. The photos did not turn out, so I will try taking them again and post them when I do.

The dorsal stripe on both snakes is one scale wide.

The head of the snake with 19 rows is longer and more pointed... the head of the snake that I think has 17 is more rounded.

Can you give me a guess on sex from the one photo where I asked that? I suspect I have one ordinoides and one intergrade, but I'm not sure yet.
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