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Yes, the second snake is a shifted, inter-mixed rotation of the first.

1 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 first snake

4 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 second snake

In the second snake we changed every 2 to a 3 and every 3 to a 2.

Then we shifted it to the right.

The numbers match.

The snakes are the same.

4 1 2 4 3 1 2 3 second snake with 3s and 2s swapped

4 1 2 4 3 1 2 3 second snake shifted right

1 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 3 first snake

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Swapping column numbers in this manner is the easy way of performing an inter-mixed rotation.