Hello KITKAT, IMO ... that male is pickeringii . My male looks exactly like yours. I found Don's ordinoides pics & explanation very helpful, thanks Don.

_ Question for you ... In person does that male display any green ??? At times has he appeared more of a greenish blue and at other times just blue ?? Look closely at his 'blue' side scales for any green coloring particularly around the edges of of those 'sky blue' scales.

Sounds silly I know but my male has and does. I have read an early
field journal wherein pickeringii is described as 'seafoam green'. Interestingly enough when I research that color I find various color pallettes where 'it' is visually depictated as either a soft green or yes, a pastel blue.

This all began for me last weekend when I had a group of friends over for a cookout. While looking right at my male PUGET, someone asked what I had done with the 'green snake'. Five out of five people felt that he was not the same snake as 'this snake' they were now looking at was 'blue'. One last factor was that he had just shed a few days prior.

I intend to try and capture this with pics as I believe it may be attributing to the confusion. I suspect the majority of 'bob's' snakes to be pickeringii and unbeknownst to him, he occasionally scores a few ordinoides within the mix. I suspect the ordinoides color to be a static 'blue'.

those are my thoughts anyway ... enjoy your day !!!