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Elaphefan
at Tue Jan 11 22:52:01 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Elaphefan ]
I think I can help you with some of your questions that you asked in your post.
First, all Corn Snakes are Rat Snakes. They are all members of the genus Elaphe. There is a move to place most American Rat Snakes in a new genus called Pantherophis. With this in mind a Corn Snake, sometimes called a Red Rat Snake, is Pantherophis guttatus guttatus. A Black Rat Snake is Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus. They are both members of the same genus.
The most reliable way to tell the sex of a Rat Snake is by probing. There are directions on how to do this on Kathy Love's web site. As the others have told you, get someone to teach you how to do it. If done wrong, you could injure the snake. How To Sex Snakes With Probes
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