Quote Originally Posted by Cazador View Post
I wonder if it'll be an Indonesian garter snake (Xenochrophis sp). They have white bellies with black dots along the sides of the belly scales (ventrals).
Rick
I always see them described that way, but all the ones I've ever seen (mine and pics of others) have black and white stripes across the ventral surface
I just tried looking and without taking them out of their damp hide I can't tell at the moment whether the black cross stripes are separate scales, part of the white scales, or the skin showing between the scales, but I consider the last possibility unlikely, since that would mean too much skin exposed on the ventral surface
I'll look later and post a pic (surprised I couldn't find one)
but in any case - their bellies are not white - they are B&W cross striped