Central American Indigo Snake vs. Common Coachwhip

Two huge, fast, dark snakes of South Texas brush: the Coachwhip there is often black in front. A: Dark slanting bars on the pale lip scales below and behind the eye in the Central American Indigo Snake; plain pale lip scales, no dark bars in the Common Coachwhip. B: Heavy and glossy, with big smooth scales; black behind in the Central American Indigo Snake; whip-thin, dark in front fading to tan behind in the Common Coachwhip. C: Black, thick in the Central American Indigo Snake; long and thin, the scales like a braided whip in the Common Coachwhip.

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