...lurking here and there that prefer the natural, cryptically colored snakes as typically found in the wild. Truth is, brown, black and straw colored snakes with full patterns are the rule. In the wild, it's blend in or die. To each their own! As for me, I prefer them as I see them in the wild. Here are a few examples of the snakes that appeal most to me...

There are brown Sonorans...


and there are Sonorans with reddish browns...


Great Basin's are masters of tan...


Typical San Diego's are mostly brown and black and straw though some populations contain reddish brown and yellow colored individuals like these...

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“You could have a snake for 30 years and the second you leave his cage door cracked, he’s gone, and they’ll never come to you unless you’re holding a mouse in your teeth.” (Bill Haast, 1997).

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