How can I distinguish between the colubrid snake genera?

Subject: How can I distinguish between the colubrid snake genera?

Date: Sat Feb 17 02:12:40 2001
Posted by Yael
Grade level: 10-12 School: North Hollywood High School
City: North Hollywood State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 982393960.Zo

Message:


I'm doing Science Olympiad amphibians and reptiles and I've been having trouble 
distinguishing between some of the colubrid genera, especially nerodia (salt 
marsh) elaphe (rat and corn) thamnophis(garter, ribbon, line) masticophis 
(whip) and some of the king snakes (lampropeltis). can you give me some 
characteristics I could use to identify a specimen? Thanks.

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