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Hi, Im planning on conducting research on these small, little known snakes. I was just wondering if anybody had ever encountered one and where. They are very hard to find and any help would be apprecitaed.
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-Doug Daly

"Brian theres a message in my Alpha-Bits, it says: "OOOOOOOOOOOOHHH""
"Peter Those are Cheerios..."

0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake

I found one in Wilmigton, NC near a cypress swamp/bog

Deerk

in Pulaski county, MO. Flipping rocks inside forests (near the edge) usually resulted in ringnecks, worm snakes, red back salamanders, five lined skinks, and sometimes speckled kings.

Here is one from Kansas last April. Found them flipping rocks. Of course they can be hard to find with all those darn milksnakes under all of the rocks!

LOL

Kerby...

n/p.....

In Northeastern Oklahoma in the wooded areas they are very common under rocks in the spring and early summer. If you want a more specific loctation and you wan to share more specific information about what kind of research you will be doing send me an email. foundnph@aol.com
Nathan

I live in Eastern Pa. and the state has them listed as rare. The research ill be doing will be pretty basic at first, breeding, behaviour stuff, etc. Becasue there isnt a who;e lot known about them.
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-Doug Daly

"Brian theres a message in my Alpha-Bits, it says: "OOOOOOOOOOOOHHH""
"Peter Those are Cheerios..."

0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake

I don't know what the habitat is like in PA, but I would find them beneath large flat rocks of gray granite in shaded or semi shaded areas. And often I would see them beneath shale or flint, so I would say less than two inch thick cover. I also saw them on cooler days more often than very hot days. They probably prefer a high humidity level, though I didn't measure humidity back then. One note though, I found two of them in a tunnel beneath a rock that was also inhabited by a LARGE centipede. I don't know if it was a cohabitation or I just caught them before they became lunchmeat. Maybe the centipede was not interested for some reason like the narrow-mouthed frogs that I used to find sharing burrows with tarantulas 5 times their size.
Later
Nathan

I found threein jersey none in pa though.The ones I found were in the pine barrens in damp areas under boards and rocks.
Tom

Hey Tom, You live near me (Lehigh Valley right?) what kinds of snakes do you see out and about? I just wanted an idea of what to expect when i go out snake 'hunting' its starting to warm up a bit as im sure you know. Thanks!
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-Doug Daly

"Brian theres a message in my Alpha-Bits, it says: "OOOOOOOOOOOOHHH""
"Peter Those are Cheerios..."

0.1.0 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake

I found several flipping rocks in the ouachita mountains last year.
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~Scott Wahlberg

i found one in north NJ under tin on the top of a hill with lots of smaller rocks [like base ball size] the tin had leaves under it too
so if that helps

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