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A friend gave me this rat snake. It came in as an oddball in a shipment of red-tail rats from China or something; at least, that's what the person he got it from told him.

If anyone can identify the snake for me, please let me know. I don't think it's a Gonyosoma frenatum, G. oxycephalum, or G. prasina, but I could be wrong. This is my first experience with an Asian rat snake, and it really doesn't match up with any pictures I'm finding.

If the pics aren't sufficient for ID purposes, please tell me what body parts you want better views of, and I'll get them photographed for you.

Sorry about the color issues, I was using different lighting than I normally do, and I won't be making THAT mistake again. :/

Also, here is a belly shot and a top of head shot:

Thats not a Rat snake it is Cyclpiops major, Smooth green snake. They eat earth worms. Thete are a few guys keeping them, so some one should pipe in and give you some husbandry info.
Good luck with it.

Thank you SO much! You are pretty good at this!

I found all kinds of info searching for "Cyclophiops major" Thanks

>>Thats not a Rat snake it is Cyclpiops major, Smooth green snake. They eat earth worms. Thete are a few guys keeping them, so some one should pipe in and give you some husbandry info.
>>Good luck with it.

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Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!

That's a very interesting snake. Thanks for posting the photos and feel free to post any other Asian snakes here.

I think it's interesting also that a shipment may have come from China that included red-tail rats. I'm assuming that's Gonyosoma oxycephalum, which doesn't range into China. I wonder where in China this shipment was from.

Good luck feeding your new snake...TC

Smooth Green Snake: Afton Farm, MI...

Hard to say--maybe it was from an exporter that had them from all over the continent? I am not sure on the specifics; my friend was interested in a rat snake, and when she turned out to be something unidentifiable and (at the time) difficult to feed, he gave her to me to figure her out.

Everyone here has been so helpful. She is now doing VERY well, eating lots of worms and in a proper (moist, with lots of plants and a hammock, which she likes a lot) enclosure. She seems pretty happy, and spends a lot of time hanging out in her repti-hammock (I give them to all my climbers--my yellow rats spend 90% of their time in their hammocks!)

>>That's a very interesting snake. Thanks for posting the photos and feel free to post any other Asian snakes here.
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>>I think it's interesting also that a shipment may have come from China that included red-tail rats. I'm assuming that's Gonyosoma oxycephalum, which doesn't range into China. I wonder where in China this shipment was from.
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>>Good luck feeding your new snake...TC
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>>Smooth Green Snake: Afton Farm, MI...
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