I was in the pet store today and the guy there showed me a four foot long "Tiger Rat Snake" that was all black with yellowish blotches here and there on it. It was a really nice snake very docile and had just shed a complete shed so it was healthy , but I've been looking on here for info on it and can't seem to find any. Is it a real Rat snake or just something being called a rat snake to be sold? PS: he said it was no an Elaphe genus snake but something that began with an "St"
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Is there such a thing as a Tiger Rat?
Star_Of_Life
Apr 02, 2006 09:41 PM
Replies (6)
Star_Of_Life
Apr 02, 2006 09:44 PM
I found it! I'm sorry lol. Anyways whats the word on the spilotes? Good pet or no? It seemed very kosher at the store.
LdyPayne
Apr 02, 2006 09:46 PM
Yes there are such things as Tiger Rat snakes. Here is a link or two about them if you are interested:
LdyDrgn
Apr 03, 2006 02:48 PM
This is our third year in producing Spilotes pullatus pullatus (9 eggs in the incubator this year and the female will be laying her second clutch in about 10-11 days). I've written a caresheet for them and I continue to add to it the more I learn about them from my personal experience working with these wonderful snakes.
Here's a pic of last year's holdback...
If you have any questions that the caresheet doesn't answer for you, feel free to post here or e-mail us. 
Hotshot
Apr 03, 2006 05:50 PM
Aww man, I was hopin to see a pic of your huge male!!! One gorgeous snake!!!
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 Great plains rat snake "Reign Fire" (TX locale)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
RACERS
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)
KINGS
1.1 California king snake "Bandit" & "Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.1 Prairie king snakes "Bishop" & "Askani" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
0.1 Desert Kingsnake "Psylocke"
0.1 Florida Kingsnake "Shard"
0.1 Speckled Kingsnake "Haven" (MO locale)
2.0 Eastern kings
MILKS
2.0 Eastern/red Milk intergrade "Cable" and "Omega Red" (KY locale)
BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
0.1 Sonoran Gopher "Husk"
1.0 Kankakee bull (Phil Peak stock)
Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian
LdyDrgn
Apr 03, 2006 06:56 PM
You mean this big boy?
Not the greatest pic of him. This is a friend of ours with him, pic was taken by her father at our local expo late last year.
justinian2120
Apr 06, 2006 11:21 PM
i was gonna warn the original poster that almost all are wild-caught and probably with parasites;but i'm glad to see someone captive-breeding this awesome species!
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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld
