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I got a neglected snake 5 years ago, and decided to rescue him, I was told he resembles a corn snake so i read about those and made his cage up for one, but after looking at some pictures and seeing them in stores he doesn't look like a corn snake to me. He is about 4 feet long, 1.5 - 2 inches in diameter ( he is a bit over weight). He rattles his tail before striking, and loves to climb up the wood in his terranium, he constricts to kill his prey and likes to bury himself under his substrate. When being held he will usually coil around my hand. I have posted a picture, and added a link to 3 other pictures, if anyone can help me out please do.

More pics of \"Bandit\"

black rat snake
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

Yep.....Black Ratsnake!

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

my website -Serpentine Specialties

The other two are correct. Along with their southern next of kin, the yellow rat snake, they are the largest of the group. They can reach or even exceed seven feet in length. The bigger the species of snake, the longer, as a rule, they can live. You should enjoy your animal for several more years.

~~Greg~~

Agreeing with the others.

It looks like the "Black" Ratsnakes we used to get in South Carolina. They showed some Gray Ratsnake blood by retaining that much pattern into adulthood. Of course, you can find well patterned Black Ratsnakes in a lot of areas in the US.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas