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Natural Colors?
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Old 10-01-2008, 10:42 AM   #1
texasgirl
Natural Colors?

My boyfriends mother killed this snake in her house the other afternoon after it bit her when she tried to throw it out. They don't have any really close neighbors so it would be strange for it to have been a released 'pet' way out there in the country.
It looks like a corn to me and not a rat snake (which we find all the time).
What do you think? Is it normal for them to be other colors besides the natural orange in the wild?


Sorry for the poor picture quality, it's the only one I have.
 
Old 10-01-2008, 11:29 AM   #2
Allison
It looks like a little Emory Rat. Too bad it's dead.
 
Old 10-01-2008, 11:31 AM   #3
Allison
That, or a prairie King... they look similar to me.
 
Old 10-01-2008, 11:53 AM   #4
tyflier
It looks like a Prairie King to me. But it could also be an emoryi. They look similar and without a more clear photo, it's really difficult to tell...
 
Old 10-01-2008, 12:28 PM   #5
texasgirl
Thanks for the ID's guys....I wouldn't have killed it if I would have been there but she's an older woman that really doesn't like any snakes.
 
Old 10-01-2008, 08:01 PM   #6
Spurticus
Could be a Texas Rat snake too. Here's a pic of one. . . .similar markings.


 
Old 10-01-2008, 08:37 PM   #7
The_Thunderer
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Originally Posted by Spurticus View Post
Could be a Texas Rat snake too. Here's a pic of one. . . .similar markings.


I was thinking that, but the OP's first pic doesn't show the "large head" of a Texas Rat... Look at your pic... head is LARGE for him! LOL.
 
Old 10-01-2008, 10:41 PM   #9
tyflier
Based on the OP's original picture, it's really difficult to tell.

For example, here is a Prairie King:



This is an adult male calligaster.

Now the OP can pretty much choose whichever one looks most like what she saw...
 
Old 10-01-2008, 10:51 PM   #10
ziggybond_007
It looks like a ratsnake to me. I thought Aggie was a corn when I first caught her, then I looked at pictures... Then again, she doesn't really look like that Texas rat above... Her head isn't that big. She looks pretty close to the original picture.
 

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