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To stave off some of the winter doldrums, you may want to try this.
I ran this on the internet about a year ago, so if you took it then, you can try again or disqualify yourself.

We all know that identifying baby Rat Snakes, Racers, etc. can be a challenge sometimes because they rarely look like the parents.
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Try and match a list of common names with the pictures of hatchlings or juveniles.
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Rule 1: The following three Rat Snake hatchling wizards are not permitted to play:
Bill Love
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Dwight Good
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Consideration:
1. These snakes are from adults that are classic examples mentioned or shown in 1958 Conant’s Field Guide, in that, there would be no doubt as to what they are if you saw them.
2. These come from North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Illinois, and Texas.
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Here’s a list of the animals to select from:
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1. Baird’s Rat Snake
2. Typical Corn Snake
3. Kisatchi Corn Snake
4. Emory’s Rat Snake
5. Emory’s Rat Snake – intermountain Variant
6. Rat Snake – Black Variant
7. Rat Snake - Deckert’s Variant
8. Rat Snake - Gray Variant
9. Rat Snake - Greenish Variant
10. Rat Snake – Gulf Hammock Variant
11. Rat Snake - Texas Variant
12. Rat Snake - Yellow Variant
13. Trans-pecos Rat Snake
14. Western Fox Snake
15. Eastern Fox Snake

Put down your winter Sudoku book, give it a try, Good Luck and enjoy it!
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Regards, Bill McGighan

I’ve gotta say, I’m not very familiar with emoryi or vulpina, but I’ve kept up with all the others enough that I’d expect to have semi-decent accuracy. Here are my guesses:
1.(Bairds) F
2.(Corn) N
3.(Kisatchee) O
4.(Emory) A
5.(Intermountain Emory) G
6.(Black Rat) D
7.(Deckerts) I
8.(Gray) E
9.(Greenish) L
10.(Gulf Hammock) H
11.(Texas) K
12.(Yellow) M
13.(Trans Pecos) C
14.(Western Fox) B
15.(Eastern Fox) J

Pretty good, Kevin...
8 correct ...
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1.(Bairds) F
2.(Corn) N
3.(Kisatchee) O
6.(Black Rat) D
8.(Gray) E
10.(Gulf Hammock) H
11.(Texas) K
13.(Trans Pecos) C
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I'll put the answers up in a couple days.
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Regards, Bill McGighan

Sorry about that: Reading glasses error.
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10 correct ...
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1.(Bairds) F
2.(Corn) N
3.(Kisatchee) O
4.(Emory) A
5.(Intermountain Emory) G
6.(Black Rat) D
8.(Gray) E
10.(Gulf Hammock) H
11.(Texas) K
13.(Trans Pecos) C

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Regards, Bill McGighan

I was afraid the yellow, greenish, and deckert's would be too similar for me to distinguish and it looks like I slipped up on them. At least there wasn't an everglades rat in there to make matters worse.

Yeah, Kev,
Everglades....
I missed that one somehow!!! LOL
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Regards, Bill McGighan

Here's mine and no I didn't change any. What is throwing me off is I don't see an F? It goes from E to G.

A-4
B-14
C-13
D-6
E-8
F-?
G-5
H-10
I-7
J-15
K-11
L-1
M-12
N-2
O-3

Thanks!!

Pretty good - 9 on the money
Probably more if the sorry originating poster had put up F properly!

A-4
C-13
D-6
E-8
G-5
H-10
K-11
N-2
O-3

Try again with the appeded list.
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Regards, Bill McGighan

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Regards, Bill McGighan

Thanks for the 2nd chance but 9 out of 15 isn't that bad.

A-4
B-15
C-13
D-6
E-8
F-1
G-5
H-10
I-9
J-14
K-11
L-12
M-7
N-2
O-3

I didn't change anything so i know some are wrong already

1 f
2 n
3 o
4 a
5 g
6 d
7 l
8 e
9 h
10 i
11 k
12 m
13 c
14 b
15 j

fun quiz!

Peter VE
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Through physical pain comes spiritual enlightenment.
Praise the Cabbage.

Great Peter,
10 correct:
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1 f
2 n
3 o
4 a
5 g
6 d
7 l
8 e
11 k
13 c

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Regards, Bill McGighan

A Emory’s Rat Snake
B Eastern Fox Snake
C Trans-pecos Rat Snake
D Rat Snake – Black Variant
E Rat Snake - Gray Variant
F Baird’s Rat Snake
G Emory’s Rat Snake – intermountain Variant
H Rat Snake – Gulf Hammock Variant
I Rat Snake - Yellow Variant
J Western Fox Snake
K Rat Snake - Texas Variant
L Rat Snake - Deckert’s Variant
M Rat Snake - Greenish Variant
N Typical Corn Snake
O Kisatchie Corn Snake

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Regards, Bill McGighan