I posted this at venomdoc forum but get no replys there so i figured i'll try here.....
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:05 am Post subject: Snakes of Arabia right or wrong?
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I took some time reading Snakes of Arabia by Damien Egan, great book that i warmly recommend, but when i get to page 111 there's a short chapter about Philothamnus v variegatus.
Continuing on page 112-113 there is two pictures stating to be two different colour morphs of Philothamnus v variegatus.
Here's my issue...
Some years ago i bought a pair of Philothamnus macrops and the female was identical to the picture on top of page 113.
I started to google arround the two different species for pictures, all pictures i can find show both colour morphs as P.macrops.
So either iv'e been wrong this whole time or there have sadly been a photo posted of the wrong species in the book.
Here's some photos i have found when googeling arround.
My old pair:
http://www.animalsabc.com/animals/chord ... lothamnus/
Photos on other sites:
http://www.bio-ken.com/colubrids.htm (Nr 44)
http://www.zmuc.dk/VerWeb/Tanzanian_Ver ... 01856.html
Cheers, Ronny