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I saw a nice Gray rat snake at a local store today, it look brown grey color, the sales person told me that ther are 3 kind if Grey rat snake - "normal" "oak" and "white oak". I hope someone is keeping them and can post a picture of the 3 color morph. How hard is to get them and or keep them?
Thanks.
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1.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher,
2.1 Leucistic Texas ratsnake
0.1 het leucistic Rusty ratsnake
2.3 W.C Okeetee Corn,
1.1 Abbt line Okeetee Corn,
1.2 W.C Miami Phase Corn
1.1 Sinaloan Milk,
1.0 Orange Pueblian Milk,
1.1 W.C Mexican Black King
1.0 W.C Cal King,
0.1 Durango Mountain King
1.0 Desert King,
1.2 Bearded Dragon
45 Tanks full with African Cichlids.
Many Mice, Rats and feeder Roaches

Three kinds of Grey Ratsnake... LOL!!!

There must be hundreds of Grey Ratsnake locale specific variants, as it is a highly variable "subspecies". Some are very bright colored, some are very dark. Some get very large and heavy bodied, others are more slender and rather smallish. They can be as docile as a Cornsnake, or as nasty as a Carpet Viper. Personally, I think the silver grey "White Oaks" from N.W. Florida are most beautifull of all.

Anyway, they're very easy, they're very common and they're very affordable. Most of all, they are FUN! But do yourself a big favour, buy captive bred specimens.

Since I have a few, I will share.

The first picture is of two sisters. Note that one is much darker in coloring. This is normal for Gray Rats.

The second picture is of a Gulf Hammock Gray Rat. Note that it has stripes running the length of its body like a Yellow Rat Snake.

The third is also a normal Gray. Note that its background color is a light gray unlike the others, but still all are nornal colorings for Gray Rats.

Many people say that Gray Rats with a lighter gray coloring are "White Oak Snakes." Their is no real standard for using that term for any given Gray Rat Snake. Since I have four of them, I must kind of like the way they look. Texas, Black, Gray, Yellow, or Everglades, obsoleta are wonderful snakes that are easy to keep healthy. They are great starter snakes, if you have never kepted one before.

One more Gray Rat picture. This is the snake in the third photo about a year later.

Thank you both, I like the color on the Grey ratsnke. Do they grow to 4-5 feet? Semi humid habitat?
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1.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher,
2.1 Leucistic Texas ratsnake
0.1 het leucistic Rusty ratsnake
2.3 W.C Okeetee Corn,
1.1 Abbt line Okeetee Corn,
1.2 W.C Miami Phase Corn
1.1 Sinaloan Milk,
1.0 Orange Pueblian Milk,
1.1 W.C Mexican Black King
1.0 W.C Cal King,
0.1 Durango Mountain King
1.0 Desert King,
1.2 Bearded Dragon
45 Tanks full with African Cichlids.
Many Mice, Rats and feeder Roaches

Gray Rats, like Texas, Black, Yellow, and Everglades can grow to be over six feet long, but most don't get quite that big.

As far as humidity goes, that does not seem to be an issue. I live in costal Virginia and all of my snakes are doing just fine, and it is very humid here all the time.