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Natural Colors?

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texasgirl

Texy Sexan
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?
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Sorry for the poor picture quality, it's the only one I have.
 
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...
 
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.
 
Based on the OP's original picture, it's really difficult to tell.

For example, here is a Prairie King:
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This is an adult male calligaster.

Now the OP can pretty much choose whichever one looks most like what she saw...;)
 
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.
 
That pic looks like a corn snake to me, which goes to show Why I think the whole pantherophis, elaphe, guttata, emoryi thing should have been left alone!:sidestep:
 
that snake is definetly not a corn and ABSOLUTLEY not a kingsnake of any derivitive.a friend of mine has a juv. black rat that crawled into the window of his room one day, and the markings are identical to the snake pictured above.a wild texas rat or grey rat would have a more "dragged" pattern around the neck then fall into typical pattern.as the juv.obsoletta ages it will begin to inherit more of a chocolaty to black coloration with each shed, more and more. they are energetic biters at that age you posted but there is no way the teeth even could have come close to piercing her skin.they're harmless and should just be swept of out the door with a broom at most....
 
i can definetly understand why some would think of texas rats being that you are located in Texas but these days anything can be anywhere.LOL.i just got done a total east coast herp trip and i found 2 crazy things in Alabama alone. i afound a D.O.R. Florida swamp snake and a live 4 foot Texas rat.Texas rats are not supposed to be farther than louisianna.That's quite a long trip.so,the possibilities are endless. never rule anything out when I.D'ing a snake.It may turn out to be your last!!! LOL :)
 
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