Florida Crowned Snake vs. Southeastern Crowned Snake
Florida and Southeastern crowned snakes meet in the north-central peninsula. A: Pale band behind the black cap broken, faint, reduced to spots, or missing in the Florida Crowned Snake; a crisp, complete cream or yellow collar 1 to 2 scales wide, then a black neck ring in the Southeastern Crowned Snake. B: The first pair of lower-lip scales meet behind the chin scale, so it does not touch the chin shields (no open photo shows the chin) in the Florida Crowned Snake; the chin scale touches the front chin shields; the lower-lip scales do not meet in the Southeastern Crowned Snake. C: Snout tip often pale, tan or yellow, paler than the dark cap in the Florida Crowned Snake; snout tip black or dark brown like the rest of the cap in the Southeastern Crowned Snake. Florida Crowned Snakes vary: the central Florida form has the most collar (Florida Museum). Place helps: the Florida Crowned Snake lives in the peninsula's sandhills and scrub.
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