Here are recent pics of my 2: Snow and Poss DH Snow
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How do you tell a P. emoryii from a P. guttata or a mix of the two? Is there some defining trait or feature to tell them apart? Very nice snakes 
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@beast-blade-wolf_987 P. emoryi have more and thinner dorsal blotches (48-65[58] vs 34-47[38] & 9-15[12] vs 13-19[15]). P. emoryi tends to have a larger, more offset head and tend to be more robust. Additionally, they don’t usually have solid black outlines on the dorsal blotches like P. guttatus. Here’s a WT P. guttatus for comparison.
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Intergrades at any level are difficult to identify, and some hybridization happens in the wild in Arkansas (S), Louisiana (NW), and Texas (E) where the ranges overlap. Generally, a hybrid is going to have a mix of traits and not quite fit either type perfectly.
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