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Postby mw-glenn » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:32 pm

Can anyone ID this snake?
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Postby mw-glenn » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:33 pm

The plane says US Coast Gaurd - so I assume it's the US - along the coast ;)
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:45 pm

I would say a python of some sort, probably an exotic
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Postby Dragon Breeder » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:03 pm

looks a bit like a carpet or amethystine or something from that family in my opinion
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Postby mw-glenn » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:10 pm

Yeah my guess was also amethystine. Or one of the Everglade Burms?
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Postby WW » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:26 pm

Looks like a Caribbean Epicrates to me - Cuban boa or something like that. Big snake!

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Postby Pythonodipsas » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:38 pm

I agree with WW in being one of the Caribbean Boas. I think it's a normal Cuban Boa - Epicrates angulifer?
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Postby boaboy » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:34 pm

Ya i would also go with a cuban boa.
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:57 pm

Definetly, I aggree with cuban boa
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Postby gaboon69 » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:07 pm

Cuban boa it is.
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Postby mw-glenn » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:58 pm

;) Thanks guys.
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