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I caught this guy in my backyard about 3 years ago. He was about 6" long when I found him. He's right at 6' now. I live in the Central TX area. I've always assumed he's a corn snake, but would like to find out for sure.

Definitely not a Corn.....as far as I know, Texas does not have any Corns. Looks like a very nice looking Texas Rat Snake.
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-David Beard

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Not a corn. TX does not have corns, but does have Emory Rat snakes. Looks like a TX rat to me too.
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9 Leopard Geckos 2.7.0**
1 Tokay Gecko 1.0.0*
2 Ball Pythons 2.0.0*
1 04 Nicaraguan Red Tail Boa 0.1.0
2 Black Kingsnake 1.0.1*
4 Baird's Rat Snake (Thanks Vadoni!) 2.2.0
***1.0 Loma Alta***1.2Hawkeye 04 stock***
2 Gray Ratsnakes 0.1.1
1 04 Amel Cornsnake 0.1
1 04 Anery Cornsnake 1.0
4 Dekay's Snake 0.1.3**
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Unless I am misreading the range map, which is possible, the corn does enter eastern Texas, but barely..perhaps as far west as Beaumont or Jasper. Your snake is a Texas ratsnake, the lindheimeri subspecies of obsoleta. It is more closely related to the black rat & the yellow rat than to the corn or great plains, which are of the species guttata.

~~Greg~~

Texas does have cornsnakes (according the research data from Vaughn, et al). Now whether they are guttata guttata or guttata slowinskii is a matter of conjecture, but they certainly aren't emoryi in the eastern parts of the state.

Here's a big male from near College Station. They aren't orange, but they are corns all the same.

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Chris Harrison

Isn't Slowinski the herpetologist that died after being bitten by a krait, in Malaysia I think? Is that the same guy?
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"Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only to what we know of it."

>>I caught this guy in my backyard about 3 years ago. He was about 6" long when I found him. He's right at 6' now. I live in the Central TX area. I've always assumed he's a corn snake, but would like to find out for sure.
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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

MILKS
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)
Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

Thanks for the quick responses.

I've been feeding him 4 adult mice at a time every 7-10 days for awhile now. He eats them all one after another, and has never left one. Is this enough for a snake this size? I tried rats, and he eats them with no trouble, but they bite him, so I went back to mice.

From what you just said, I reckon you are feeding live rodents to your snake. WHY???

The snake will, with little if any effort on your part, accept dead rodents. They are guaranteed not to bite, scar or kill your snake. No need to feed live.

With a local snake, it's a little more comprehendable, but what always puzzles me is why someone will pay several hundred dollars for a nice snake, especially one they hope to breed, then run the risk of scarring, permanent damge or death by feeding the snake live rodents.

~~Greg~~