It was nice running into one of these again:
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A Weekend Northwest Ohio Rat Snake
tspuckler
Jun 03, 2013 01:52 PM
Replies (3)
mrkent
Jun 03, 2013 07:03 PM
Fox snake? Interesting how you don't see many of those. Are there any morphs?
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Kent
tspuckler
Jun 04, 2013 07:22 AM
Yes, there are albinos. They had a couple at the Nature Center I visited, as well as a normal. Years ago there was a hypo line, but I don't know if it still exists.
They can at times be good-looking snakes, with a gold background and copper-colored head, but for some reason they never "caught on" in the hobby in a significant way.
I'm pretty sure Easterns are protected within most of their range, though there are a few people producing captive-bred Fox Snakes.
Tim
mrkent
Jun 04, 2013 08:45 AM
I was first introduced to fox snakes by my friend Richard Evans when we were at Abilene Christian University back in the late 70s. Actually I can credit him with really getting me going in the hobby. We did a lot of late night West Texas road cruising.
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Kent
