Been after the imprinted armor, so after some struggling decided to keep track of hide to kill ratio. Thought I'd share...
a moss viper............................
Day ONE : 17 kills | 1 hides
Day TWO : 26 kills | 0 hides
Day THR : 12 kills | 0 hides
a greenscale viper......................
Day ONE : 6 kills | 1 hides
Day TWO : 3 kills | 0 hides
Day THR : 4 kills | 0 hides
a snapjaw...............................
Day THR : 3 kills | 1 hides
a lockjaw...............................
Day THR : 4 kills | 1 hides
So I guess I'm gonna be slayin gators.