These are of a greenish rat and a black rat. Both as hatchling and as yearling/adult.



This is my greenish rat as a hatchling....





And this is my black rat as a hatchling....





Here is what the greenish looked like in Jan, and she is even nicer looking now...





And the black rat....





This is what is so cool about the rat snakes. They all start out looking similar, and end up looking worlds apart!! Once you see hatchlings of the different ssp. you will be able to tell them apart most of the time from the subtle color differences. But it can be difficult. Watching them go through their ontogenetic change is really cool!!

Brian
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RATS

1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)

1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)

1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)

1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)

0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)

1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)



RACERS

1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)



KINGS

1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)

1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)

0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)

1.0 Desert Kingsnake "Gambit"

0.1 Florida Kingsnake



MILKS

0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)

0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)



BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES

0.1 Sonoran Gopher



Good luck and Happy Herping

Brian

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