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Hi,

I used to be regular here a few years back, but haven't posted until recently. I started reading this board and asking questions when I first got this Bairdi, at a pet store of all places, back in November of 2000. So I guess he's around 5 years old now and doing great! I assume he's a Texas, correct?
Anyway, just wanted to show him off, he's beautiful!

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- John

1.0 Baird's Rat (Milton)
1.0 Okeetee Corn (Edgar)
0.1 Ball Python (Agatha)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Rudyard)

That is one of the nicest males Ive seen.Great pic...Paul

Looks like a mexican bairdi to me
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-Chris

The reason mainstream thought is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin

A fool doesn't learn. A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Which one are you?

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N. American Rat/Corn snake care sheet I wrote
Information on substrates

Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat (Lola)
1.0 Black Rat (Frankie)
0.1 Texas Bairdi (Rosa)
0.1 Blue Beauty (Brunhilde)
1.0 Green Tree Python (Monty)

I thought it might be a Mexican too, but after looking at pics of Mexicans, I noticed that the heads on the Mexicans are more of a solid gray. If you notice, my Bairdi has some orange near the mouth.

Please correct me if I'm wrong about a Mexican having a solid gray head.
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- John

1.0 Baird's Rat (Milton)
1.0 Okeetee Corn (Edgar)
0.1 Ball Python (Agatha)
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Rudyard)

Looks to me like maybe a west Texas locality. I'd say a texas baird with lots of yellow coloration, but I've never kept mexicans before. Maybe someone who's had both can give their opinion.

Overall, I'd say it looks like a texas bairdi but that straw yellow colour extending so far down makes me wonder if maybe it has some mexican in it's heritage.