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found 2 rattlers (atrox both of 'em) and this shed tonight. I'm in Amarillo, TX, this was on a park about 3 miles north of town. Any ideas?

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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa

hold it up to a good bright light,and you should see the pattern left on the skin.it should be there,clear as day.
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Doesn't look to have keeled scales, and the head parietals, etc..tell me it is a definite colubrid of some kind.

Like the other guy mentioned, held up to the right light, it will show a definite pattern, unless the snake was a solid patternless coloration.

Cool find!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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I didn't think to bring it home with me. I should have though >.>
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We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion people if you had to be beautiful to get laid.
6.6 African House snakes
3.2 reticulated pythons
.1 corn snake
4.2 Florida Kings
1.2 speckled kings
1.2 ball pythons
0.0.1 Argentine boa

Well, at least we know it wasn't a rattlesnake shed anyway..LOL!

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

my website -serpentinespecialties.webs.com

My Texas rat shed this weekend and his skin is hanging on the edge fo the cage right beside my computer. The head scale patterns look very much like your photo in arrangement and proportion..

Looks like a coachwhip to me, short snout, big eyes, smooth scales and probably patternless
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Dustin Smith

gonna guess at first look that it's a racer.
:Mark
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Both have very similar scales...so it's a toss up.

I guess I would go with 66% Coachwhip, 34% Racer if I had to bet!

-Rusty

Black Racer