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[Cazador]

Kevin,

I added the picture of your female T.s. pickeringii to the caresheets as you requested. Unfortunately, it doesn't show the vivid blue coloration as well as the male's picture, but it's a clearer picture. The caresheets are in a "wiki" format, so please feel free to make whatever additions or changes you'd like. They're a community effort from those here at thamnophis.com, and they're always being improved. There are also backup copies, so don't worry about accidentally deleting anything important. Just let Jason (Boots) or myself (Cazador) know if you think you might have made an error that you can't correct.

It's funny how the timing of things play out sometimes. Sid contacted me yesterday, asking if he could post some pictures of my blue snakes into the caresheets because I mis-labelled in the gallery as T.s. pickeringii. I believed them to be T.s. pickeringii when I purchased them, but my surviving snakes are blue-phase T. ordinoides. They look VERY similar to the T.s. pickeringii that you and others have. The distinguishing characteristics are that pickeringii have much narrower necks, more triangular heads, shorter internasals, and 19 dorsal scale rows as opposed to 17 on T. ordinoides. Other than that, they're almost identical.

That meant that Sid couldn't use my pictures in the gallery yesterday. Then you turn up today offering your pictures. You don't have ESP, do you?

Rick

[Thamnophis]

Hi Kevin, welcome here.

I love your snakes. Especially the very thin line on the back makes them very beautiful.

[drache]

Welcome here, Kevin
- beautiful snakes