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Ok, i figured out how to put a pic in the gallery. see if this works.

Is this a local rat snake, or one purchased from a breeder or pet store?

Where do you live?

It looks like one from the Appalachian Mountain regions, due to its rapidly darkening coloration at such a small size, but I'm sure other localities may get dark at an early age as well.

At any rate, it seems to feed well in front of a crowd!

Good luck.

That Blk Rat I believe is from Frankling co. North Carolina, located in the Piedmont region of the state. He had a link in the below post that had the county school system. And a very nice Obsoleta at that.
If you get a chance check out my Wayne co. NC. Eastern Kingsnake I have posted over on the kingsnake forum. North Carolina has more then it's fair share of beautiful herps.

Steve

Yes we do here in NC. I'd really hate this state if it weren't for the herps. However, with all the massive development that's been going on...I fear that it won't be around too long....
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Those mountain locality blk rats are one of my favorites. I used to catch them all of the time when I worked the camps in the summer. They got huge! Their iridescence and ebony made them something to look forward to finding every summer. Western NC has some amazing herps.