Re: How do I tell a texas rat from a black rat?

Posted by Patrick Alexander on July 04, 2002 at 13:14:37:

In Reply to: How do I tell a texas rat from a black rat? posted by abell82 on July 03, 2002 at 23:16:30:

: A local pet store has a snake they say it is a corn snake cross.It looks to me to be either a black rat or a texas rat.It is very aggressive which leads me to think wild caught black rat.Which would be illegal for them to sell in this state.Hence the cornx story(not a very reputable store).

On the other hand... not particularly reputable stores are precisely the ones I'd expect to have hybrids. Hybrids aren't all that rare or hard to produce, so I wouldn't assume that this isn't one... the hybrids of corn and black rat snakes that I've seen looked pretty similar to Texas rats, too...

Patrick Alexander

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: : A local pet store has a snake they say it is a corn snake cross.It looks to me to be either a black rat or a texas rat.It is very aggressive which leads me to think wild caught black rat.Which would be illegal for them to sell in this state.Hence the cornx story(not a very reputable store). : On the other hand... not particularly reputable stores are precisely the ones I'd expect to have hybrids. Hybrids aren't all that rare or hard to produce, so I wouldn't assume that this isn't one... the hybrids of corn and black rat snakes that I've seen looked pretty similar to Texas rats, too... : Patrick Alexander

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