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Does anyone have an excellent close up of a rat snake head showing the scalation well ? I give lectures on taxonomy and would like to make a side by side comparison of Pituophis (4 prefrontals), mexican Pits (2 prefrontals) and rats (2 prefrontals). The pic is not for publication, just for school lectures on powerpoint.

thanks very much in advance

There's a drawing of a black rat's head scalation at the bottom of this page: http://www.marshall.edu/herp/Grad_Students/Adam_Ratsnake.htm

Here's an actual pic of my corn's face scalation. It was much more clear and easier to see before I had to shrink it to fit on kingsnake.com Anyway, hope that helps.

Heres a close up of my Kisatchie. Sorry for the repeat of this pic. I posted it not too long ago.

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1,0 snow
1,0 amel
1,0 kisatchie
1,0 aney stripe motley
0,1 normal
0,1 charcoal
0,1 motley
1,1 oketee
0,1 tx rat
4,5 ball python
1,1 dumerils boa
1,1 columbian red tail boa
1,1 green iguana
1,0 leopard gecko
1,2 dogs
freezer full of mice & rats

>>Does anyone have an excellent close up of a rat snake head showing the scalation well ? I give lectures on taxonomy and would like to make a side by side comparison of Pituophis (4 prefrontals), mexican Pits (2 prefrontals) and rats (2 prefrontals). The pic is not for publication, just for school lectures on powerpoint.
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>>thanks very much in advance

Female Bairds Rat Snake

Female Bairds Rat again

male Bairds Rat Snake

male Bairds Rat again

male Yellow Rat Snake

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

I can barely see the scales on those . Great pics! One day I'll figure out how to get pics like that. They are truely works of art!
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Lora

>>I can barely see the scales on those . Great pics! One day I'll figure out how to get pics like that. They are truely works of art!
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>>Lora

Yeah, I know those shots are a little unclear and far off. I will try to work on getting some closeups one of these days....lol
thanks Lora

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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

thanks to all of you who replied with headshots. Wow, some nice closeup photos there...
Craig Stanford

Here is a black rat that was found in a tree. He hung around long enough for a pic.

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