Re: What is this? PIC

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Posted by Don on February 07, 2000 at 04:36:37:

In Reply to: Re: What is this? **PIC** posted by ratman on February 06, 2000 at 20:58:49:

: Hi Don. Looks a lot like my albino Japanese rat but probably just an albino black rat which are very similar, except in price. It has more yellow than my black rats. Nice animals aren't they? It could be a subspecies I haven't seen yet. Rattle me another..this is fun. RAT!

Could it be a yellow rat?

Here's the story. I got a call from a lady in Oklahoma. She is not a herper nor is anyone in her family. Her husband found the albino in the warehouse he works in just a couple months ago. He said they often find snakes in there that come from all over the country. They arrive inside shipments they get in from everywhere. I ruled out black rat because of the amount of yellow. If it was right out of the wild, it would not have that so much yellow (my opinion) and though that is possible, the chance of it surviving to this size in the wild is slight. Of course, that would apply to it whereever it came from. I didn't tell the story first because I didn't want to influence suggestions from people on this forum. I thought if I told the story, everyone would automatically say it was a black rat. I suppose it could be, but that's a lot of yellow for a snake that possesses so little of it naturally. I have caught many many black rats in Oklahoma and Kansas and the yellow is confined to the ground color areas and it stippled. This "wash" of yellow is so prominant.

I think I recall from the keys and descriptions that the scalation of the (obsoleta) subspecies is very similar. I was in hopes that someone out there could tell me the scale count differences between the black, Texas and yellow rats. I think we can rule out greenish rat unless this warehouse is next door to a snake breeder in Oklahoma. I hadn't thought of that. Bummer. This snake is for sale too. I wouldn't know what to breed it to. It's a male.

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: : Hi Don. Looks a lot like my albino Japanese rat but probably just an albino black rat which are very similar, except in price. It has more yellow than my black rats. Nice animals aren't they? It could be a subspecies I haven't seen yet. Rattle me another..this is fun. RAT! : Could it be a yellow rat? : Here's the story. I got a call from a lady in Oklahoma. She is not a herper nor is anyone in her family. Her husband found the albino in the warehouse he works in just a couple months ago. He said they often find snakes in there that come from all over the country. They arrive inside shipments they get in from everywhere. I ruled out black rat because of the amount of yellow. If it was right out of the wild, it would not have that so much yellow (my opinion) and though that is possible, the chance of it surviving to this size in the wild is slight. Of course, that would apply to it whereever it came from. I didn't tell the story first because I didn't want to influence suggestions from people on this forum. I thought if I told the story, everyone would automatically say it was a black rat. I suppose it could be, but that's a lot of yellow for a snake that possesses so little of it naturally. I have caught many many black rats in Oklahoma and Kansas and the yellow is confined to the ground color areas and it stippled. This "wash" of yellow is so prominant. : I think I recall from the keys and descriptions that the scalation of the (obsoleta) subspecies is very similar. I was in hopes that someone out there could tell me the scale count differences between the black, Texas and yellow rats. I think we can rule out greenish rat unless this warehouse is next door to a snake breeder in Oklahoma. I hadn't thought of that. Bummer. This snake is for sale too. I wouldn't know what to breed it to. It's a male.

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