Man, Tim, you really span the forums! I recall that you had the Russian Rat Snakes hatchlings for sale previously. You must be quite savvy about different snake species.

You're probably right about the green shade. I'm convinced that mine is a Pacific phase.

In a Pacific Northwest Reptiles book from Lone Pine Publishers, I found photos of both young & adult specimens caught near Corvallis, OR. (I've been to that EE Wilson reserve and saw a Gopher snake there.) They have the murky green tinge to them, and are labeled as the "northern Willamette".

I live within 1.5 hours of that location. It is highly possible that mine was wild-caught, maybe from that location or somewhere similar in the central Willamette Valley.

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