Red-phase pickeringii

[adamanteus]

[reptileparadise]

Hmmm, thats a tricky one. I find it hard to make up my mind about that.
Its just like with the easterns. What are the nominats? Are they the ones with some blue, with some red, with some greenish tones or 'just' the brown ones?

What makes you think these are the nominate form? (just curious...)

[adamanteus]

What makes you think these are the nominate form? (just curious...)

When you read a scientific paper/article on pickeringii, it seems to be this one they describe. As in Rossmans' book.

[reptileparadise]

Yeah, I agree. Most animals described by scientists are red...
Could it have something to do with the areas visited by scientists?

[Stefan-A]

Or are they just so much easier to spot?

By the way, very nice snakes and photos, James.

[GartersRock]

Hmmm. Honestly, that's not how I was picturing them. I wanted them to look just like the blue phase, with only black and red. Don't get me wrong, they are beautiful, of course. But there's something about only having the two colors that appeals to me, personally.

Lori,
I myself did already know that they didn't look like the other pugets. But yes, I WISH they were like that. That would be cool!!

Anyways! Thanks for posting pics!!!

[Snaky]

Great pics, James. Thanks for sharing them

[anji1971]

They're quite attractive little snakes!
It's about time you got those pics up, James!