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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile
You're not looking closely enough. One can still see some faint keels on the coils on the leftmost part of the image. Typically, it is more prominent on the posterior half of the snake more than the anterior half.
In Pantherophis, I will concur the keeling does vary between specimens and locales, but ALL specimens do have it to some degree. Racers (Coluber sp.) do not have it at all. There are other differences that distinguish the two genera, but we don't have the animal in question right in front of us, and likewise, as the OP said, it has been released, so all we have is that photo they posted.
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I have come to agree with you as you can see from my last post. I want to say thanks for a nice friendly debate. Normally people have a habit of getting defensive and nasty when you disagree with them, you have been such a gentleman.
It's always is harder to ID a snake from a picture as many things can be distorted. It also helps when you have all the info such as where it was found. length and any other distinguishing marking that we may not be able to see from the angle of the picture. But I always love trying to do it. Although I'll have to admit that I don't like it when I am wrong. lol
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