OUTSIDE PICS of the rescue red tails....

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Originally Posted by ChicaPiton519

when talking about saddles.
those are the circles correct?
and do i count to the tip of the tail?

and what are the subcaudals?
basically where are they lol

thanks for your help =]

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Saddles are the "circles" on their backs, yes.

Instead of me explaining it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_scales Go there, it gives pretty good detail about the scales and where they are located.

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Originally Posted by starmom

Oh jeez Crissy- thanks for jogging my sluggish memory and incomplete knowledge base. Time for me to read (again) my Vin Russo boa book ;)

I've learned from other boa forums (:O) that even with a scale and saddle count you can still come up with a head scratch since bci's don't always follow the geographical 'lines in the sand' that humans put there. This makes it hard to know for certain unless there is a paper trace for the individual snake. :oops:

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For me, the scale counts have always been more of a rough idea than exact science. Seeing as you are correct, things aren't always as easy as we would like.

Like I've said, we can just give "educated guesses", even if you have saddle counts, scale counts and everything else. I think they like to confuse us. :D