Really?

[Preita]

Is this really the kind of snake that they say it is? Im a newbie but I thought that it looks more like the reverse okeetee's I have seen on here.

http://www.prehistoricpets.com/viewimage.asp?type=3&img=evergladesrat&n1=3-015

 

[princess]

I'd say so.

It looks to me to be more on the corn side so it might have 3/4 corn blood.

After a while you get used to looking at a pic and seeing immediately if it's a hybrid or not. Have a look at the head pattern on this one and you'll see it's not 100% corn. Also the length of the face and the borders on the saddles...and the saddles themselves...you get the picture!

 

[Traci1]

it most likely has a higher % of corn snake blood than king snake blood, which results in an animal that looks more corn than king...but it is a hybrid no matter how diluted the king blood is.

 

[Energi2er]

prolly a dumb question but what are considered saddles?

 

[Roy Munson]

prolly a dumb question but what are considered saddles?

The blotches that form the dorsal pattern.

 

[Quigs]

Have a look at the head pattern on this one and you'll see it's not 100% corn.

Huh? What gives you that idea? I love that head pattern, I call it "Hazmat" as it resembles a hazardous materials symbol. I have two in my collection with the same head pattern and they are not hybrids.

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[Quigs]

BTW...

I'm not saying that snake isn't a hybrid. It does seem to have a shorter , wider head which would be an indicator that Lampropeltis is at work here. But the angle of the head could be misleading in that picture as well.

Here's a pic of one of the above mentioned in my collection. Ironically an amel as well but tell me she a hybrid...lol

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[Jynx]

Hibird!!!!