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Checked a few pieces of old cardboard near work this morning. This big ol' dark yellow rat (around 6')plopped out of the first small piece I flipped so I got him to pose on some lava rock someone had dumped nearby..

Normally I don't go for the dark look, but other than that, he was in great shape.
He started to really puff up and get tired of my intrusion. That's when a bit of color began to show on an otherwise dull snake.


I kinda like his fiesty attitude.

:Mark

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Surrender Dorothy!

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He does have some nice Buttery yellow showing through on him. And he looks stout. Thanks for the pics Mark. What locality was this guy from?

Steve

Thanks. You know it seems the yellows can pull you out of a "slump". I see them in all sorts of environs.
This particular one was within a stone's throw of I-75 in N. Tampa (Hillsborough co) FL.
I should post a few comparison shots sometime....
hmm...
another from n. Tampa (actually AT work)
I like how he spotted me.

and here's one from MY end of town (s. Tampa)

and a red seen just a half mile down the same road.

:Mark
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Surrender Dorothy!

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I think yellows are underrated ..I have one myself

That's a good ol' bigun', Mark! Here's my corn and a local from south Tejas.
Todd Hughes

Whoops! Don't know how that Calhoun county, Texas holbrooki slipped in there! Sorry.
Todd Hughes

here are some pics of a yellow ratsnake that came from glades county fl. parent stock that i used to catch and selectivly breed myself...what do you think?...