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Originally Posted by SquidsGirl
Thank you so much Shiati! They said it was a “cinnamon corn snake” but i knew the morph was off but i didnt expect the species to be off!!
This is the page that shows baby black/eastern rats looking similar:
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2019/0...lleghaniensis/
I will prolly keep him if its a gopher (they look awesome and seem to have good temperaments from the stuff ive been reading on them so far but i need to do a LOT more reading and study on then before i decide for sure) but wont want to keep him if its a black rat... i dont like how they look as adults! Lol
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No, DEFINITELY NOT a baby black rat snake. I have caught wild examples and hatched out enough of them when I lived in Maryland that I am quite familiar with them.
I've never kept bull or gopher snakes, but I have caught and hatched out baby northern pine snakes, which are the same genus (
Pituophis) as the gophers and bulls, and the body build is quite similar. As for what species or subspecies, beats me. Maybe you should ask the place where you purchased it from to trace back their records to who it came from and see if you can get more info that way. I would think any place selling snakes would be willing to at least go that far to correct a glaring mistake like this.
As long as you are happy with what you got, I guess that is all that really matters.