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I have heard of Albino Texas rats, but all I ever see for sale is Leucistics, Is there any other morphs out there?

Unfortunately, or fortunately (however you think about Texas Rats), there is not much more out there. There are integrades going around, but not much on the pure side that I am aware of. It could be the fact that Texans are typically large, unruley beasts with patterns that are less than contrasty compared to other subspecies of the "common" ratsnake E. Obsoleta. There are geographic variations, with some areas having very high orange colored individuals. But by and large they are not very "attractive" and their dispositions are not the best when compared to something like a cornsnake. Living in Southeast Louisiana, I do have a soft spot in my heart for them as they were one of the first snakes I was able to acquire through capture back in the day. And although none of mine liked to be held, all pretty much ate with gusto and were indifferent to capture as long as left alone for the most part.

I have a pair of CB Texas Rats that are as tame as almost any Corn Snake. I have to admit that I think that wild type Teaxa Rats with an orange background are stunning looking animals. I am sure that there will be plenty of baby wild types for sale this spring and summer that can be had for a song. These snakes are easy to keep, and are wonderful animals for any collection. Just try to find a calm one before you buy it.

there are plenty of morphs

several strains of albinos
lavenders
hypos
several strains of "orange phase"
leucistics
"motleys"

..Florida Pinesnake, in color that is! LOl

Matthew

I believe lavender and hypo are both the T albino gene. As far as I know, they're different "strains" in that they're different bloodlines, but there are only two different albino genes- T- albino and T . T- are often called red, orange, pink or white albinos, and the T s are lavenders, hypos, and a couple other "trade names." They're considered different "strains," although they're more from selectively breeding different bloodlines than anything else. If any animal that looks different from another of the same morph is considered a different "strain" or morph, then there are a TON of morphs of almost every animal on the market.

And I'm not sure on this one, but I think the "motley" gene is the same as the blotchless gene seen in Everglades rats, which I've been told recently was actually achieved through hybrids. This is second-hand information, though, so I'm not saying it's not possible.

But, there are definitely leucies and a bunch of different bloodlines of albinos. As the other people have said, they're highly variable animals, so you can see a ton of variety in all the morphs, too.

-Ronnie

For some reason, every time I wrote "T positive" using a plus sign, it erased the plus sign. So, when you read that post, you should take every T that ISN'T T- as "Tyrosinase positive".

That is a Lavender no?

I have one and I know your snake has better coloring in person and it is ALMOST impossible to catch their true beauty in a picture.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

There's scaleless TX rats floating around too