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Old 07-17-16, 02:02 PM   #1
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Snake from The Labyrinth

I am having a lazy Sunday watching some childhood favorites, which of course includes The Labyrinth. There is a really neat looking snake in one of the scene that I can not seem to figure out the species. It is a black and red snake with a checkered belly. I am thinking some sort of water or king snake. Here are some pictures which are not the best quality.
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Old 07-17-16, 02:06 PM   #2
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Re: Snake from The Labyrinth

I would second the water snake id, but it truly is difficult to tell from these photos. :/
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Old 07-17-16, 02:29 PM   #3
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i 3rd water snake species. although hard to see the head completely the head to me looks all nerodia.
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Old 07-19-16, 06:08 PM   #4
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hey! bowie would be a good name for a snake!
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I thinking a Chocolate Abberant California King Snake or a Brooks king... Don't know!
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I thinking a Chocolate Abberant California King Snake or a Brooks king... Don't know!
I wonder if that morph even existed back then haha
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Water snake, on the side, I love how they have a medieval wizard with an 80s hair style
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Old 07-19-16, 11:53 PM   #8
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Water snake, on the side, I love how they have a medieval wizard with an 80s hair style
He is not a wizard, he is the goblin king duh.

I wish I could find a water snake as red as that.
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Old 07-20-16, 09:53 AM   #9
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The Southern water snake is the one that most closely seems to resemble the one in the picture. Nerodia fasciata pictiventris. The polymorphic and polygenic conditions in Nerodia is widespread thus specimens from similar locales will have high variability. I took a couple of pics that seem close to the pictured one.
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Old 07-20-16, 09:58 AM   #10
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This is another Nerodia fasciata pictiventris. Both of their belly scales are described as white or yellow with reddish brown markings either scattered or paired on every other scale.
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I think you hit it right i'm sold on the southern watersnake
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Old 07-21-16, 02:33 PM   #12
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I agree. Good find Albert.
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Sure. I was trying to find pictures of the ventral scales to get a good sense of the checkerboarding pattern and coloration but no luck.
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Old 07-21-16, 03:08 PM   #14
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I was a few pictures of broadbanded water snakes with checkered bellies so it is certainly possible.
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