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...since nothin much is happening in here. I found this guy while herpin' the other day. Can YOU tell me what it is?
-no cheaten, and don't post the answer in the heading!-

fox snake?
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

I know it's not a fox snake.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say 'lyre snake'.

I'd have been more incline to guess emoryi.

i think fox snake also. chris

It's definitely a fox snake, but which one of the two species?
Hmmm....I'll guess eastern (Elaphe gloydi)
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Chris Harrison

on the part that is a fox...I really can not tell the two apart after that. Def doesnt look like any emoryi I have seen...Andy
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Andy Maddox
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

Without knowing what location you are in I would say Great Plains Rat

Elaphe vulpina vulpina, Western Fox snake!

I used to HAVE a Western fox, for the love of pete! Seemed to have a different color and pattern from the picture .

vulpina from E. gloydi, (and refused to stooping to opening a book!) I retain my dignity. (I hope, LOL).
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Chris Harrison

I actually picked a crummy picture to throw you guys off and make the guessing a bit more interesting. Here is a better pic...it was a very pretty snake. The colors are also muted on this page compared to the actual photo.

This shot looks less to me like a fox snake than a Pituophis.
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...and I think to myself, "What a wonderful world."

Check out the head. Especially the camouflage lines through the eyes. I would say Pituophis cantifer...Gopher!

Michael N. Schroeder

Here are some pictures of my Fox Snake
Fox Snake