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Could someone with serpwidget's util please post back with the length on this snake? Thanks!

I found my copy of serpwidgets util. Thanks anyway! I come up with 45".

How do you think my texas rat snake looks?

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Good looking snake. I take it that it`s a male?
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Like I said; I`m Gonna Getcha Good!

Yeah, it's a male. Good eye.

That is a nice looking snake, and a good photo too. Still, you can't tell from that photo if the snake is a male or female. Foreman guessed correctly, but the second picture couldn't have given him a clue. Let's be realistic, most of the time you have to probe them to be sure. I have looked at the photo posted by Kathy Love on her site of Corn Snake tails showing just above the vent on down and I didn't see that distinct difference that she seems to be able to see from their tails.
Collage of snake sexing methods.

I agree, probing is the way to go. But I will add that just looking is fairly easy on adult black rats if not to say almost obvious.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)

As we say in Missouri, "I ain't goin back to Missouri!"

>>I agree, probing is the way to go. But I will add that just looking is fairly easy on adult black rats if not to say almost obvious.
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>>0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
>>1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
>>.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
>>0.0.1 MO Locale Black Ratsnake "Molly" (Flogging Molly)
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>>As we say in Missouri, "I ain't goin back to Missouri!"

I agree. It `s pretty easy to see in rat snakes over 3ft long. If it`s got alot of tail it`s probably male. LOL!
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Like I said; I`m Gonna Getcha Good!

A rat snake is one of the easiest snakes IMHO to tell the sex of just by looking.