Re: going nuts here, what kind of rat is this?

Posted by Bart Bruno on June 02, 2002 at 08:04:51:

In Reply to: going nuts here, what kind of rat is this? posted by Kim on June 01, 2002 at 05:06:09:

: I don't have a picture because my webcam would never be able to pick up enough detail, but this snake looks a lot like a black rat except he's like a charcoal color and his belly instead of being black and white he's orange and white, my dad and a friend of his caught him in oaklahoma I've been looking at pictures of rats all morning and can't find a single one that looks anything like him, any help would be appreciated.

If it was collected in Oklahoma, it's a Black Rat. There is a lot of variation in this animal; I have one here with an orange belly,it's from Branford, CT, and in the next town over, I saw one last year with a yellow belly. Some can be all black, many have pattern. Get a copy of Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America by Roger Conant, it will help you a lot.

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: : I don't have a picture because my webcam would never be able to pick up enough detail, but this snake looks a lot like a black rat except he's like a charcoal color and his belly instead of being black and white he's orange and white, my dad and a friend of his caught him in oaklahoma I've been looking at pictures of rats all morning and can't find a single one that looks anything like him, any help would be appreciated. : If it was collected in Oklahoma, it's a Black Rat. There is a lot of variation in this animal; I have one here with an orange belly,it's from Branford, CT, and in the next town over, I saw one last year with a yellow belly. Some can be all black, many have pattern. Get a copy of Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America by Roger Conant, it will help you a lot.

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