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dingoblue
at Mon Jan 16 14:30:52 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dingoblue ]
Dean, thanks.
True, I wonder if there is an ecological gradient regarding color/pattern differences in OH ratsnakes?
Several OH websites that I visited had photos of darker, less patterned individuals when compared to yours.
The closer that we arrive to the Appalachian mountain chain, the darker the specimens get, in regards to rat snakes in KY and TN. NC mountain locality animals are mostly black, and some have a faint trace of pattern.
I wonder what rat snakes look like in the PA/OH border area?
Neil
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