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Was it wild caught or is it a captive produced animal.

The coloration of the head makes it look like a red milk but the body coloration suggest an intergrade with a red milk and something else.
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Chris Harrison

The snake was given to me. They bought it from someone in Delaware and couldn't get it to eat. I don't know if it is captive born or not.

Coastal Plains, maybe?????

I think it looks like an annulata/amaura intergrade. Either that or it is simply an ugly syspila from Southern Iowa. chad

The head pattern is similar and alot of NJ coastals are very orange.I can see how some would guess RED though...Jeff

I found some pictures on a website, this picture especially:

http://www.molekings.com/images/animals/st_marys_coastal_005.jpg

What do you think?

Coastals occur there but they are very rarely found/kept/bred.The NJ lines tend to have more ORANGE in them than the MD ones,which are more likely brick red/maroon.Also,notice the eye pattern and the band depth...which is always deeper in the MD animals.J

Speculate on locality using phenotype again Jeff? That could very easily be a syspila integrade or even some type of hybrid.

But considering that it came from a Delaware guy,in the perfect range of a naturally occuring coastal from there(locality AND phenotype!!LOL)that is a safer bet dont you think?? I can feel your teeth grinding from here!LOL,Jeff

I think it was probably a wild caught animal. That is ok though, she laid 15 eggs a couple of days ago. We'll see how they turn out.