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Hi everyone, I just posted this in the gopher snake forum, then saw that it gets very little activity, so I thought I'd repost my question here.
My wife got off work early today, so she decided to stop by a pet shop and see what they had...she ended up coming home with an albino gopher snake! LOL just another addition to our little zoo...anyways, can anyone give me an exact ID? What subspecies of gopher snake is this? Thanks in advance for any help!

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-David

1.0 ball python (Pandora - don't ask)
1.0 argentine boa (Prometheus)
0.1 hogg island boa (Andromeda)
0.0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (Inara)
1.0 kenyan sand boa (Diablo)
1.0 normal corn snake(Cypress)
0.1 amery. corn snake (Morgan LaFay)
0.0.1 banded cali. kingsnake (Cain)
1.0 tangerine honduran milksnake (Narcissus)
0.0.1 snow corn snake (Valkyrie)
1.0 amazon tree boa (Pegasus)
0.0.1 colombian boa (Athena)
0.0.1 sandfish skink (Slick)
0.0.1 fire skink (Phoenix)
1.0 dog (Luke)

the wife's pets:
1.0 bearded dragon (Leonidas)
1.1 ferrets (Ares, Enyo)
0.0.1 betta fish (Captain Morgan)
1.2 cats (Galahad, Ripley and Sassy)

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thanks! can you tell me how big he/she will get? It had been at the pet shop for over a year and a half (they got it as a tiny little baby) and he never sold, and they told my wife today she could have it for $40 so she took it! I've been able to find out info on basic care, and as you can see by my signature I'm not new to snakes, but I don't know much about the gopher snakes. I've not measured him, but he looks to be about 3.5 feet long (cage is 4' long) and is approx. 1.5 years old...is he almost an adult, or is he undersized for his age?
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-David

1.0 ball python (Pandora - don't ask)
1.0 argentine boa (Prometheus)
0.1 hogg island boa (Andromeda)
0.0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (Inara)
1.0 kenyan sand boa (Diablo)
1.0 normal corn snake(Cypress)
0.1 amery. corn snake (Morgan LaFay)
0.0.1 banded cali. kingsnake (Cain)
1.0 tangerine honduran milksnake (Narcissus)
0.0.1 snow corn snake (Valkyrie)
1.0 amazon tree boa (Pegasus)
0.0.1 colombian boa (Athena)
0.0.1 sandfish skink (Slick)
0.0.1 fire skink (Phoenix)
1.0 dog (Luke)

the wife's pets:
1.0 bearded dragon (Leonidas)
1.1 ferrets (Ares, Enyo)
0.0.1 betta fish (Captain Morgan)
1.2 cats (Galahad, Ripley and Sassy)

San Diego's are listed as getting between 4.5' and 5.5' w/ some snakes topping out @ 6', but I've never seen one. If that snake's 3.5 ' @ a under 2 years then you've got a pretty well fed SD. A 4' cage should be great.

reako45

Yeah, from the pic of the pattern by the neck I agree w/ Brad. Albino annectens (SD). Good looking snake. M or F?

reako45

thanks for the help! I don't know if it's a male or female...I assume the only way to know is to probe it, and I dare not attempt that myself (I could if I ever got the chance to watch someone do it first.) It stretched out better after I posted the first time, and I could see that he/she is right at 4 feet, not 3.5'...I've lived in Harrisonburg, VA almost 2 years, and I know they got him/her shortly after I moved in, and he's been a staple at the pet shop ever since! The fact that it seems to already be on the upper end of the size range may mean it's a female, but that would be just a guess. It's not real calm, but never struck or bit me in the past when I've held it at the petshop...it had a bad rep there and everyone was afraid of it, so it got little attention. Every now and then, I'd be in there checking out what they had, and I'd say "let me see him again" and the person would say no, he's mean and will bit...but every time I got him myself and he never did lol, I don't know why they were so scared of him; this is a private pet shop and they have many reptiles, and the people are pretty knowledgeable about them, that's way I shop there...I have a petco right down the street, but I don't think the employees there (when you can actually find one) can tell the difference between a corn snake and a ball python! Anyways, again, thanks for the help because I knew (well, thought) it was a gopher snake, but I was having trouble telling which one!
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-David

1.0 ball python (Pandora - don't ask)
1.0 argentine boa (Prometheus)
0.1 hogg island boa (Andromeda)
0.0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (Inara)
1.0 kenyan sand boa (Diablo)
1.0 normal corn snake(Cypress)
0.1 amery. corn snake (Morgan LaFay)
0.0.1 banded cali. kingsnake (Cain)
1.0 tangerine honduran milksnake (Narcissus)
0.0.1 snow corn snake (Valkyrie)
1.0 amazon tree boa (Pegasus)
0.0.1 colombian boa (Athena)
0.0.1 sandfish skink (Slick)
0.0.1 fire skink (Phoenix)
1.0 dog (Luke)

the wife's pets:
1.0 bearded dragon (Leonidas)
1.1 ferrets (Ares, Enyo)
0.0.1 betta fish (Captain Morgan)
1.2 cats (Galahad, Ripley and Sassy)

I've got 2 San Diegos now. They can be pretty nervous when first taken out, but have NEVER tried to bite or strike! They are great snakes!

reako45