Actually, a leucistic black rat snake was caught in Ohio about 10 years ago. I know the person who caught it and where he caught it. It is legitimate. As far as a "report" of this, where would you look to find one? Is there a "report" of the lucy western (and eastern) hognoses posted somewhere?



At the time the person who caught the snake made hets and eventually lucy black rats. There were selling for $600, far more that lucy Texas rats, which were $100 at the time. It beats the heck out of me as to how someone could tell the difference between a lucy black and Texas rat, although I agree with those who say black rats in general have a better disposition than Texas rats - but this is not good enough for purposes of making a positive ID.



It is also quite possible that people have taken lucy Texas rats and bred them to black rats, creating a leucistic Texas/black rat integrade, which further complicates matters.



Tim

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