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just curious, what is the biggest species of american rat snake, is it commonly availible?
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jake barney

my addiction:
1.1 ball pythons
0.2.1 corns
1.0 cal king
0.0.1 wc garter

I believe the black rat has the longest recorded length at 101".

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"Upon Thy Belly Thou Shalt Go"

>>I believe the black rat has the longest recorded length at 101".
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>>"Upon Thy Belly Thou Shalt Go"

I agree
Black Rat Snake
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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n/p
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

The largest ratsnake is not Pituophis obsoleta it is Pituophis Sayi!!!

The Bull Snake
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

thats a pituphus, black rats are panthropis.

bull snakes arew big but they arent rat snakes.

figures the black rat is the biggest rat, its native to vermont so i dont think it would be legal to own.
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jake barney

my addiction:
1.1 ball pythons
0.2.1 corns
1.0 cal king
0.0.1 wc garter

All american ratsnakes Elaphe have been moved to Pituophis. How do you like them apples?
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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

>>All american ratsnakes Elaphe have been moved to Pituophis. How do you like them apples?
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>>"Life without risk is to merely exist."

it is not official
It is just a proposal.
The bull snake is not a rat snake
the largest North American RAT snake is still the black rat until the name change becomes official across the board.
Which is very doubtfull to happen
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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>>>>All american ratsnakes Elaphe have been moved to Pituophis. How do you like them apples?
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>>>>"Life without risk is to merely exist."
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>>it is not official
>>It is just a proposal.
>>The bull snake is not a rat snake
>>the largest North American RAT snake is still the black rat until the name change becomes official across the board.
>>Which is very doubtfull to happen
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>>Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
>>"Resistance is futile"
>>Jimmy Johnson
>>(Draybar)
>> Draybars Snakes
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Hell Jimmy I give up.By the time you can pronounce or spell Latin they try changing everything.Check out my soon to be reclassified as a tree boa coachwhip.lol.Peace bro.

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If lead paint is so deadly why do they make it so delicious?

You now live in the 21st century where everything changes fast. Here is a link to help you keep up. Yes I know it is confusing but we will not be able to keep up with our kids if these things don,t get ironed out on the forums LOL
Elaphe/Pituophis

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"Life without risk is to merely exist."

i hate how things get changed around so much. and the worst thing is that its all done by looks.

if i had it my way there would be far less species, i would base it on continent, birthing method, boid, venomous or colubrid.

example: corn snakes, bull snakes, cal kings, etc would just be sub species of "N. american egg laying colubrid"

scrub, woma and carpet python would be under "austrailian egg laying boid"

bcc and anaconda would be "S. american live bearing boid"

would be much more simple
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jake barney

my addiction:
1.1 ball pythons
0.2.1 corns
1.0 cal king
0.0.1 wc garter

Burbrink & Lawson have done some great work, but I would not bet on their winning this one.

A Black Rat is the record holder, but Grays, Yellows, Everglades and Texas Rats get to be about the same size. Get a male and feed it well, and it will bet big. Maybe it will not set a record, but it will get big.

im not looking for a record breaker, just a big american colubrid

buti dont want an indigo becuase of the permit stuff
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jake barney

my addiction:
1.1 ball pythons
0.2.1 corns
1.0 cal king
0.0.1 wc garter