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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_7TzPsUaaWmxoa31cTUGp3Q) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday in Timberlea, Halifax County, on the BLT trail near the = beginning of the Bluff Wilderness Trail, I saw what was for me a = puzzling snake -- about 10-12 inches long, thinner than an adult Garter = S and not striped. I gently turned part of the snake over with one stem = of my sunglasses and saw little colour difference between the top and = the belly -- a dull orange. At home I checked 3 books & 3 on-line = sources. Peterson Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians (3rd ed.) says that the = Redbelly (Red-bellied) Snake is "subject to great variations," and that = "the belly colour, normally bright red, may vary through orange to pale = yellow" -- so I'm guessing, also with process of elimination and the = resemblance of what I saw to the Redbelly in the photos on p. 309 in = Peterson and the photos (but not the illustrations) on the NS Museum = website, that this must've been a Redbelly. Those I've seen before had = genuine red bellies. (Wouldn't you know it, this was one day I hadn't = taken my camera.) If any herpitology buffs have other ideas, I'd = appreciate hearing.=20 Brian Bartlett, Halifax --Boundary_(ID_7TzPsUaaWmxoa31cTUGp3Q) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7600.16766"></HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Yesterday in Timberlea, Halifax County, on the BLT trail near the beginning of the Bluff Wilderness Trail, I saw what was for me a puzzling snake -- about 10-12 inches long, thinner than an adult Garter S and not striped. I gently turned part of the snake over with one stem of my sunglasses and saw little colour difference between the top and the belly -- a dull orange. At home I checked 3 books & 3 on-line sources. Peterson Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians (3rd ed.) says that the Redbelly (Red-bellied) Snake is "subject to great variations," and that "the belly colour, normally bright red, may vary through orange to pale yellow" -- so I'm guessing, also with process of elimination and the resemblance of what I saw to the Redbelly in the photos on p. 309 in Peterson and the photos (but not the illustrations) on the NS Museum website, that this must've been a Redbelly. Those I've seen before had genuine red bellies. (Wouldn't you know it, this was one day I hadn't taken my camera.) If any herpitology buffs have other ideas, I'd appreciate hearing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Brian Bartlett, Halifax</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_7TzPsUaaWmxoa31cTUGp3Q)--
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