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    Ophiuchus rhea drache's Avatar
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    Re: Indonesian "Garters"!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
    Everyone's related if you go back far enough. I don't think Xenochrophis and Thamnophis are closely related, this may be more about convergent evolution than actual "kinship". Naturally, I could be wrong, but I think Thamnophis was actually much more closely related to Rhabdophis.
    you're probably closer to right than I am
    I was linking two unrelated facts in my often rather undisciplined mind
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    Re: Indonesian "Garters"!!!!!!

    Those are some nice looking "garters"
    Can't help you with the tongue flicking though. I've never had them...
    Greetz, Hans

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    Re: Indonesian "Garters"!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by drache View Post
    you're probably closer to right than I am
    I was linking two unrelated facts in my often rather undisciplined mind
    I just want to point out that I'm probably wrong.

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    Re: Indonesian "Garters"!!!!!!

    They are very pretty snakes! I can see why they've been dubbed "garters"..............quite similar in a lot of ways.
    I love the white bellies!
    Nice additions to your collection, Shannon!
    Anji

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    Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) enigma200316's Avatar
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    Re: Indonesian "Garters"!!!!!!

    Very nice additions Shannon, good pics to thanks for sharing........
    Justin

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