I had the desire to go for a ride the other night right at dusk.
Not a soul on the road except me and this little fella.
Looks like a tx rat (lindheimeri) to me. The only other thing it could be is a a great plains rat (emoryi) but the pattern on top of the head should make a very clear broad "V"
(course I've been wrong about rat snakes before...like my yellow rat I thought was a bairds
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