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Following Doug's post below, I thought I would post some more ratsnake scale shots. See if you can guess the species (and yes, you could cheat, but try you skills first).

All of these are (or were) "rat"snakes.

and for those who like apical pits (a black milk this time). It looks like a choir of ghosts!

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

No cheating (just guesses..haha!)
1. yellow rat
2. Persian rat
3. Baird's closeup
4. Baird's rat
5. Asian green rat, Gonyosoma (Elaphe) prasina

Cool shots of the apical pits.

Cheers! - Terry
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Ratsnake Foundation

>>Following Doug's post below, I thought I would post some more ratsnake scale shots. See if you can guess the species (and yes, you could cheat, but try you skills first).
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>>All of these are (or were) "rat"snakes.
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>>I won't cheat
and will probably be wrong because of it...lol
I am assuming North American rat...but we know what happens when we assume...

photo 1...Yellow rat
photo 2...Black rat
photo 3...Texas rat
photo 4...Bairds rat
photo 5...Green rat
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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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1. Trans Peco rat
2. Persian rat (persica)
3. bairdi
4. bairdi
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Black Shoes....Basic Blues....No Names....All Game.

I forgot to add my fifth choice in the above post, so let me try again.

1. Trans Peco rat
2. Persian rat (persica)
3. bairdi
4. bairdi
5. Green ratsnake (prasina)
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Black Shoes....Basic Blues....No Names....All Game.

Hmmm, here are my guesses:

1. quadrivittata?

2. no clue

3, 4, same snake, bairdi

5. Gonyosoma?

Shane
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Lifelist

bairdi
lindheimeri
bairdi
bairdi
prasina

I can see that three and four are the same bairdi
but what about the rest?
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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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>>I can see that three and four are the same bairdi but what about the rest?

I guess I should have said three and four are the same snake.
Do I think bairdi, yes
could I be wrong?...easily.....lol
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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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1. quadrivittata
2. taeniura
3. bairdii
4. bairdii
5. Rhynchophis (Rhino Rat)

Thanks for playing. Most of you got at least 3. I'm gonna have to make it harder next time (I have lots of venomous snake scale shots!).
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Chris, any chance you could post a pic of that taeniura?

Anyone notice the rhino rat didn't have any apical pits?

TC

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Ratsnake Foundation

So sorry, I was traveling and missed this post.
Great post.
I believe one of the reasons many here are into Rat Snakes is because of the color and pattern diversity!
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Regards, Bill McGighan