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A guy at the herp expo here in San Antonio had two pairs of these adult Japanese Four-lined Rats for sale. I don't need any more snakes, but he allowed me to take photos, so I thought I would share.

Quite a docile snake once it settled down. We took photos of it coiled like this for at least 10 minutes before it quiety moved off (I obviously recaught it!).

Notice how much different the color is in the second photo. Same snake, same camera, different exposure. And they say photos never lie .

Just thought you ratsnake guys might like to see.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

I like the yellow on the portrait. I tend to like the very light and very dark phases in that very variable species but that particular snake looks attractive (in those shots). Thanks for sharing.
Regards
John

>>A guy at the herp expo here in San Antonio had two pairs of these adult Japanese Four-lined Rats for sale. I don't need any
e snakes, but he allowed me to take photos, so I thought I would share.
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>>Quite a docile snake once it settled down. We took photos of it coiled like this for at least 10 minutes before it quiety moved off (I obviously recaught it!).
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>>Notice how much different the color is in the second photo. Same snake, same camera, different exposure. And they say photos never lie .
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>>Just thought you ratsnake guys might like to see.
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>>Chris Harrison
>>San Antonio, Texas

I tend to like the very light and very dark phases in that very variable species but that particular snake looks attractive (in those shots)

I have to say the striped phases are rather boring but the black ones (I've only seen photos) are pretty spectacular. Wish he had some of those for me to photograph.

Well, looks like I'll need a field trip to Japan to get those!
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

please bring back some conspicillata. They're in short supply here. Probably four or five thousand specimens should be more than sufficient.

>>I have to say the striped phases are rather boring but the black ones (I've only seen photos) are pretty spectacular. Wish he had some of those for me to photograph.
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>>Well, looks like I'll need a field trip to Japan to get those!
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>>Chris Harrison
>>San Antonio, Texas

Nice pics. Chris, I think Shane, up in OK, has those. I think he was the one.

PS: I think Rex Knight has conspicillata.

TC

Interesting.
Thanks TC
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Regards, Bill McGighan

As always Chris, great pictures.

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To anyone out there who has kept these..
I kept one a long time ago and it wouldn't constrict!
It was more like a racer and prefered baby chicks to mice (a very messy food going in and coming out!)
Is this normal for these?
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Regards, Bill McGighan

>>As always Chris, great pictures.
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>>To anyone out there who has kept these..
>>I kept one a long time ago and it wouldn't constrict!
>>It was more like a racer and prefered baby chicks to mice (a very messy food going in and coming out!)
>>Is this normal for these?
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>>Regards, Bill McGighan

Bill, I haven't kept them, but I know that some pops. specialize in feeding on birds. Maybe they just ate them w/o constriction out of the nest. This species is known to be very racer-like, also.

TC