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I was searching Petfinder and discovered this "subadult charcoal cornsnake" up for adoption in Rhode Island. Don't worry, I've already e-mailed them with some information and links that should help them make the correct identification, and asked them to do the right thing and let it go where they found it. I wonder how often this happens?

Nate
Petfinder

and go fishing... had a quick look here first and found this gem of a post... how could you know what a charcoal corn snake is and yet not know what a milk snake is, especially when that milk snake can be found in your own back yard?... all the more puzzling coming from the Rhode Island SPCA.

Gerry

... you can go to a reptile show and see 100 different morphs of corn snakes and ball pythons, but only three or four different milksnake subspecies. Being an SPCA, they're probably much more familiar with domesticated animals than wild ones, and they make identifications based on what they're familiar with. To be fair, eastern milks do look a lot like corn snakes, so it's an understandable mistake. Of course, being the Lampropeltis enthusiast I am, I knew what it was just by looking at the thumbnail picture. You didn't raise a fool, after all! (Or, at least, you raised a fool who knows a milksnake when he sees one!)

I'll shoot you an e-mail later, been meaning to for over a week now but obviously haven't quite gotten around to it...

Yeah, I had the opposite problem a while ago when I posted this photo of my W/C locality hypermelanistic "Miami" cornsnake on a forum. This corn was captured in Miami/Dade County, and VERY obviously a cornsnake to anyone that has a fair amount of experience. Many of the people were telling me it was either an Eastern triangulum, or an Eastern triangulum hybrid cross..HAHAHAA!!!. Remember this one Cole?..LMAO!!..

This thing was certainly more "pure" cornsnake than many are in the hobby today, that's for damn sure!..LOL!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

That's actually IS my subadult charcoal corn snake, Rue -- they must have gotten the name off his collar. I hope they can ship him back to me ASAP. I've been worried sick! I wonder how he got there all the way from Raleigh?
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Well glad it was found... shoot them an e-mail, I'm sure if you pay the adoption fee they'll believe you over Nate

Gerry

It was firmly wrapped around the shoulders of a man taking it out for a walk... I was coming back from fishing, passing through a small neighboring town and there they were walking hand in... well whatever... I just had to stop and talk with the guy... does that count as field herping?

Gerry

....HAHAAA!!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"