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04-10-12, 10:31 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
It looks like a Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) to me.
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04-10-12, 10:32 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
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It looks like a Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) to me.
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Nope. The head shape is totally different. I don't think it's a venomous species.
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04-10-12, 10:40 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
Yeah the head shape is throwing me off a bit. I can't seem to find anything with a similar pattern, though. I think I'm stumped...
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04-10-12, 10:41 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
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Nope. The head shape is totally different. I don't think it's a venomous species.
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I agree. Head is shaped more like a colubrid.
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04-10-12, 10:53 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
I think I may have figured it out! Western lyre snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus).
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04-10-12, 10:56 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
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I think I may have figured it out! Western lyre snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus).
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Hmm, I think you're close. If it's a lyre, it might be a Trimorphodon biscutatus quadruplex, which are found in Central America.
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04-10-12, 10:59 PM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
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Hmm, I think you're close. If it's a lyre, it might be a Trimorphodon biscutatus quadruplex, which are found in Central America.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking. Apparently the quadruplex is the most recently discovered subspecies. The head shape definitely fits, and it's just about the closest patterning I've been able to find.
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04-11-12, 12:03 AM
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Re: Hi, need an ID. New here....
Thank you all very much, I believe you have it. I find the colour variations in online photos very confusing. Not being a snake connoisseur it surprises me to see so many variations of colour identified as the same snake type.
My (recently purchased) book on amphibians and reptiles of costa rica also lists a false fer-de-lance. xenodon rabdocephalus, which is a colubrid as well. Possibly this would be closer?
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