Captured in Eastern North Carolina....Carteret County area.
I'm guessing water snake, but anyone else wanna take a stab at it?
Thanks,Jason
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What is this guy??
jtupper
Jul 11, 2011 10:05 AM
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DMong
Jul 11, 2011 10:42 AM
It's basically a very dark yellow ratsnake with some intergrade geneflow from the neighboring Black ratsnake. Often called "greenish" ratsnakes depending on how dark a particular specimen might be from any locale in the immediate area there. The more west and/or north you go from there the darker they will become and be more Black ratsnake.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
jtupper
Jul 11, 2011 11:29 AM
Thanks!!! I told the folks at work it wouldn't take long to find out for sure what it was.
Is that one of yours in the pic Doug?
DMong
Jul 11, 2011 11:52 AM
Yes, that is one of a VERY special future breeding group I have. It is a recessive gene carrier for a very newly-discovered extreme hypo form of hypomelanism. So much in fact that they virtually look amelanistic(albino). I am working with two normal wild-type specimens, and two morph specimens from this very specific locale.
Below is a link to the full story on my site.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
jtupper
Jul 11, 2011 05:51 PM
Sweet! Thanks for the good read. Good luck with that amazing project. I love the darker phase female...keep us posted in 2012 
DMong
Jul 11, 2011 07:17 PM
Thank you, I certainly will...
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"
foxturtle
Jul 14, 2011 12:16 PM
Though they are considered to be straight-up yellows from that area.
This is the most official range map I know of from that area. It would be interesting to determine where the intergrade zone is exactly, as one could easily collect specimens from all over. Of course current science considers the all yellows and blacks from east of the mountains to be one and the same.
