"Some Yellow Rat Snakes are yellow, some are bright orange, some are olive green, some are gray, some have blotches, most have stripes. They can have any combination of these traits. A yellow rat snake being "ugly" (as many northern, and even some southern populations tend to be) does not make it an intergrade"

Yes, that is very basic, standard-knowledge stuff Nick. Thanks for sharing that with me. I have captured all those types right here in eastern central Florida, and as everyone knows there certainly isn't any other type of ratsnake influence here, just pure genuine Yellow Rats no matter how pretty or ugly.

From phenotype alone, your "quiz" animal looks to be a very gray-colored Yellow Ratsnake. This of course has nothing to do with the issue at hand though.


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