Yes, I saw your post on the "ratsnake" forum, but it is virtually impossible to discern exacty what type it is from those particular blurred and orange-hued photos. Can you take some high quality camera full-body pics from above that really depict any pattern it might have, and especially it's true coloration. This would help immensely, but there is still a chance it can't accurately be ID'ed to the exact subspecific level, as there are many ratsnake crosses in todays hobby. Also several of the North American ratsnakes basically have the same scalation meristics, so when the snake is lacking much of a pattern and coloration, the identification gets extremely tough as well.

I can tell you that it is an amelanistic North American Ratsnake(obsoletus) of some sort(or even possibly a subspecies cross combination), but as to EXACTLY which subspecies or combination thereof is very hard to say from those pics alone, and even good pics for that matter. But better photo's would make a far better chance for any accurate identification no matter what.



cheers, ~Doug
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