colvinjd43's Identifications

NUMBER: 20201026
SPECIES: Eastern Racer, Coluber constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
SUBSPECIES: Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola Auffenberg and Babbit, 1955
SPECIMEN: juvenile
COLOR MORPH: Light Blue and Dark Blue Spectacled juvenile
DIAGNOSIS: Body blotches dark blue, background light blue, dorsal (top) of head dark blue; white broken spectacle-like, thin, short lines circle each eye; ventral (underside) solid white.
VARIETY: Common blue color morph in juveniles but not persist into adults.
LOCALITY: 920 St. Andrews Blvd, Naples, FL 34113
LATITUDE, LONGITUDE: 26°6’25.9” N, 81°42’54.7” W (26.1072, -81.7152)
REPORT: info@iansvivarium 29 October 2020
IMPORTANCE: The “Spectacles” marking is interesting.
OBSERVERS: Dr. Ernest H. Williams, Jr.,[2,3,5,6] and Dr. Lucy Bunkley-Williams[2,4,5,7]
AFILIATIONS, ADDRESSES: [2]Extraordinary Professors, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South Africa; Adjunct Professors, Research Field Station, Florida Gulf Coast University, 5164 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34134; [3]Dept. Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico (retired); [4]Dept. Biology, UPR (retired); [5]Villa Marittima, Lely Palms Community, 920 St. Andrews Blvd, Naples, FL 34113-8943; [6]e-mail ermest.williams1@upr.edu; cell 239-227-3645, ORCID 0000-0003-0913-3013; [7]Cell 787-467-2179, e-mail lucy.williams1@upr.edu, ORCID 0000-0003-1390-911x.
REFERENCES:
http://iansvivarium.com/forum/index.php?sid=1e38ee8193c431396b53a28fbc5d584a
<>Williams, E. H., Jr. and L. Bunkley-Williams. 2020. A spectacled color morph of the Everglades Racer, Coluber constrictor paludicola Auffenberg and Babbit, 1955. Research Quality Report, iNaturalist #66596866, 14 December (open access) [530]
ADDITIONAL FOOTNOTES:
[1]Identification was peer-reviewed, text edited and condensed. The entire, original text is in our available reprint 530.