Can anyone explane this orange / red marking on my black rat snake?
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Orange color on my black rat snake:
ErichRhom
Aug 24, 2007 06:31 PM
Replies (3)
Sighthunter
Aug 25, 2007 12:23 AM
Check your camera, the shadow is orange too!
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TNsnakeman
Aug 25, 2007 02:37 PM
That is very common in black rats. Due to all the intergrades, some different colors show up in the snakes. I usually see at least a little bit of orange, red, or yellow in almost all the black rats I come across. It's nothing to worry about.
MikeinOKC
Aug 27, 2007 07:28 AM
That's especially common on the Texas rats (which yours looks like), as they have a wide range of shading in the background color. My Texas rat has some orange as well, and I see it on perhaps a third or more of the rat snakes encountered here in Oklahoma.
