Snakes # 4 (Patreon)

More snakes! Finally, some elapids (1 and 10) and a colubrid (8). The first elapid is the Caspian cobra Naja oxiana, drawn from photos. I screwed up on the proportions, and initially drew this snake as way too short. Look at the first version, it's hilarious...

In an effort to correct this, I messed around with the image, duplicated part of the middle of the body, and created a loooonger version. It's still not right and needs to be tinkered with some more. 

The other elapid I've done so far is a Common death adder Acanthophis antarticus, also drawn from photos. I need a few more elapids - I definitely want a few seasnakes. Finally, the colubrid at lower right (8) is new: it's a Black racer Coluber constrictor.

Drawing snakes is becoming less of a chore the more I do, but the scales are a pain, ugh. I've finally removed the Ophisaurus from the montage. More snakes to come!

Thanks to numerous stints on the train lately, I've been able to write more text for the squamate section of the reptile chapter. It's mostly been Cretaceous lizard stuff, but I've also been adding to the viperid and other snake sections. I _should_ be using what little 'writing time' I have to complete the revisions on the Eotyrannus monograph, but... ugh.

Anyway - thanks as always for your support. I hope you think the evolving montage is looking good :)