Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
Really? Parietalis? There's no red at all, or do parietalis not always have red sides? Although one of the others in the shop did have flecks of red, I didn't pick that one out because I'm pretty sure that one was female.
Parietalis was my first impression as well. They don't always have red, and the ones that don't, look just like that. Could very well be an eastern though. I'm still leaning toward parietalis though. I've seen group photos of them taken in Canada and they didn't have any red, or a few of them just had hints of red. They looked like your snake. Might be why they were labeled "northern". Many parietalis' from Canada get that label when they arrive overseas.