You must guess

You must guess

Postby Archie Bottoms » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:15 am

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Re: You must guess

Postby 10gbooj » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:02 am

Hypomelanistic copperhead?
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Re: You must guess

Postby Warren Klein » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:51 am

Golden lance head Bothrops insularis, but Looks a bit fat :-?
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Re: You must guess

Postby Warren Klein » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:21 am

Looking at the body and scales it looks rather Cotton Mouth like to me now?
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Re: You must guess

Postby alberts » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:32 am

Herphabitat wrote:Looking at the body and scales it looks rather Cotton Mouth like to me now?


Archie could you please post a photo with the snakes mouth wide open! LOL! The we can see if its a cottonmouth or not.
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Re: You must guess

Postby Copperbob » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:08 pm

Albino copperhead :-?
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Re: You must guess

Postby Buck Rogers » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:23 pm

I say albino copperhead, becasue of the faded bands down the body, but at first glance I also thought it was a cotton mouth.

Herphabitat wrote:Golden lance head Bothrops insularis, but Looks a bit fat :-?


I'm hoping its puffying itself up to hiss, I really hope this has not been overfed to reach a larger breeding weight :(
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Re: You must guess

Postby steve » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:26 pm

scales look a bit to keeled along the back bone to be a copper head, i may be wrong though. my guess is some sort of patternless rattler. i just cant pin it, looks very familier.
ill wait to see some more responses.
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Re: You must guess

Postby BB Gabonica » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:27 pm

Porthidium lansbergii rozei?
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Re: You must guess

Postby Buck Rogers » Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:31 pm

steve wrote:scales look a bit to keeled along the back bone to be a copper head


Good point! They should be smoother scales
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Re: You must guess

Postby armata » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:32 pm

I think the eye is a bit of a give away- its a copperhead.
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Re: You must guess

Postby 10gbooj » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:48 pm

Guys it probably isn't a rattler as it is posted under Agkistrodon. I still say hypo or T+ albino copperhead, although i'm no viper expert so i'm not going to bet on myself :)
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Re: You must guess

Postby Warren Klein » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:58 pm

It's a yellow Agkistrodon piscivorus!
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Re: You must guess

Postby squiggly » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:58 pm

Hypomelanistic cottonmouth ?
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Re: You must guess

Postby Archie Bottoms » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:08 pm

ROZEI WINS I did not know where to post it.I do love this snake.
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