Re: Unidentified ratsnake

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Posted by Mick on August 20, 1999 at 20:38:45:

In Reply to: Unidentified ratsnake posted by Nick on August 19, 1999 at 20:28:13:

: Thanks for reading this. I acquired an approximately two year old, 2.5- 3 foot ratsnake from the petstore that I work at. The previous owner called it a corn snake, although the snake doesn't look like any kind of corn snake I've ever seen. The head is a coppery brown with no markings. The underside is yellow which gives way to a mix of brown, yellow and red at about half way to three quarters way down the body. The body itself is brown with darker brown saddles and indistinct stripes running through them. I think that this is an immature everglades ratsnake, which the petstore sold a while back. The snake eats pre killed mice with out constricting, much like a garter snake. If anyone can help me with the ID of this snake I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your time.

Your description has me stumped, but it doesn't sound like any Everglades rat I've ever seen. Does it have a red tongue? If not, you can pretty much eliminate 'glades.
On second thought, your description might not be too far off from a Baird's Rat Snake. When you say "the underside is yellow which gives way to a mix of brown, yellow and red at about half way to three quarters way down the body", do you mean there's some sort of pattern on the posterior of the underside or is it a "solid" mix of those colors? Any way you could post a picture?
---Mick

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: : Thanks for reading this. I acquired an approximately two year old, 2.5- 3 foot ratsnake from the petstore that I work at. The previous owner called it a corn snake, although the snake doesn't look like any kind of corn snake I've ever seen. The head is a coppery brown with no markings. The underside is yellow which gives way to a mix of brown, yellow and red at about half way to three quarters way down the body. The body itself is brown with darker brown saddles and indistinct stripes running through them. I think that this is an immature everglades ratsnake, which the petstore sold a while back. The snake eats pre killed mice with out constricting, much like a garter snake. If anyone can help me with the ID of this snake I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your time. : Your description has me stumped, but it doesn't sound like any Everglades rat I've ever seen. Does it have a red tongue? If not, you can pretty much eliminate 'glades. : On second thought, your description might not be too far off from a Baird's Rat Snake. When you say "the underside is yellow which gives way to a mix of brown, yellow and red at about half way to three quarters way down the body", do you mean there's some sort of pattern on the posterior of the underside or is it a "solid" mix of those colors? Any way you could post a picture? : ---Mick

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