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I caught a "buttermilk" racer just before the first cold snap hit in texas.
He's just about a foot long, kinda small compared to the ones I'm used to catching. He still has his juvenile coloring, the blotchy pattern, and is just getting his first spots. I named him Lobo cause he thinks he's big and bad. He's pretty calm though.

My question is why they're called buttermilk racers.
I was raised calling them Celestial Whipsnakes or Celestial racers.
Sometimes I'd call them star snakes. They look like the night sky.
Anyway, that was my question. I was just handling Lobo when I thought about asking. They're really neat snakes.
Later,
Cali
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Cali
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I think the "buttermilk" comes from it looking as though buttermilk was spilled on them? Anyway Celestial sounds better to me. They are beautiful snakes and rarely available to those of us outside of their range.

I agree completely. Celestial Whipsnake sounds much better to me.
Buttermilk makes me think they're a yellowish snake..lol
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Cali
"Beauty is in the eye, but if the eye is ugly, it can see no beauty."
"Hand over the coffee and no one gets hurt."
-Garfield..
When life hands you lemons, throw them back and say "MAKE YOUR OWN @#$*^$ LEMONADE!!"
thexelahfiles@yahoo.com