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I released a Red Phase Blackratsnake a few years ago. I found it where I released it. The red is visable in the scales if I had a decent camera. I will try to get some better pics. Of the hundreds of Black Rat snakes I have found in our area this is the only one that has had red in the scales.

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! i know my female has a tiny bit of red between the scales but nothing like that.... its breathtaking!!!!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
.1 Miami Phase (Emily)
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, Anery, poss het Amel (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Cecily, Willard)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Skunky, Dweezil)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
.1 Blizzard

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLE~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)

I saw a shipment back in the ealy 80's of Black Rats from Indiana that (on mature specimens)had black blotches on red.

Haven't seen anything like them till now. Nice snake!

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

Wow that blk rat looks like a rusty ....sweet find...can we get a full body shot ?

It is a male and he had a very large meal inside of him. I will get a full body shot as soon as he finishes his meal. Since there is a Black Ratsnake crowd that I was not aware of the last time I caught him I will catch a female from the area and breed them. The area is somewhat isolated and I might get lucky and find a red female. Fun project now that there are people who apreciate them.
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

oh yes please!!! i usually hang out in the corn snake forum...but once you have babies let me know!!! my male is kinda "in the mood" but my female is currently sick so it kinda sucks for him. but i'd LOVE to see pics of babies...
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
.1 Miami Phase (Emily)
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, Anery, poss het Amel (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Cecily, Willard)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Skunky, Dweezil)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
.1 Blizzard

~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLE~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)

Very nice.

A few years back I found a similar individual here in Oak Ridge, TN. This fella was even redder on the sides, with brownish blotches. Very tame and healthy. Unfortunately, I could not keep him because of the idiotic laws here.

Good Luck!

John D
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0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"