This is my best guess also- and the main reason I haven't picked up the ordinoides I've seen at reptile shows locally is that they looked identical to my Butlers, and I didn't want to risk accidental cross breeding.

i love the color variety you post tho- those red stripes are gorgeous!


Do you keep any of your ordinoides in naturalistic terrariums? My butlers have been thriving in the above enclosure for over a year now with nary a sign of scale rot. They are active, shed without problems, eat like gluttons- all despite humidity I know would give my checkered scale rot in no time at all.

Im setting up a little habitat for the red bellied snake I've mentioned previously- I think he'll love the moist environment, and the winter dryness in my house seems hard on him w paper substrate. This is again, a damp earth loving species. I'm afraid I'll never see him tho, his camouflage is so good!