>>About 15 years ago (or so) I saw this guy selling Elaphe schrencki * Pantherophis guttatus hybrids at a snake expo in The Netherlands. I still remember these little hybrids very well, and they actually looked quite similar to Carpet Pythons (colours and pattern, that is). Since Elaphe schrencki and E. climacophora are related very closely, I'd quess an Elaphe climacophora * Pantherophis guttatus hybrid should be looking similar to an E. schrenki * P. guttatus hybrid.

The reason I found him/her so unusual is because looking at pictures of japanese rat snakes that I can find they don't seem to have the dark stripe beside the eye as my one does, an dif they do it is not as bold.

You will see when I post the pictures that the stripe is rather bold and it does have a similar colour and pattern to a carpet python.
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Katie

2.0.0 cornsnakes (Ghost and Normal)
0.0.1 Jameles Ratsnake
0.0.1 Western Hognose
1.1.0 Hogg Island Boas
1.1.0 Argentinian Tegus

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