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Posted by Dwight Good on February 06, 2002 at 22:10:56:

In Reply to: Request your advice Dwight Good on an obsoleta question posted by Terry Parks on February 06, 2002 at 10:52:54:

Terry,
All of the pictures look like typical KY black rats to me. Rat snakes I have seen or caught from the western, central, and northern parts of the state were all various shades of brown, black, or grey, with yellowish, greenish, or reddish tints to them. I don't see too many really black ones, most are brownish. The eastern portion of the state might yield darker ones, but personally I have never herped the area. I would expect them to become darker the further east you go in KY.

Here are a few pics....

Here is a picture of a wild caught female from western KY, laying her eggs:

Here is a second picture of the same snake.

This is what hatched from her eggs...

Here is a close up of one of those babies..

and a sibling.....

And here is another picture of a wild caught rat from western KY. This one was a four foot male.

And one more adult rat snake from western KY...

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Thanks Dwight for the info and pics . .> Terry Parks 02/07/02 (2)
- breeding season?? Dwight Good 02/07/02 (1)
  - Last time I mentioned I don't know . . .> Terry Parks 02/07/02 (0)

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: Terry, : All of the pictures look like typical KY black rats to me. Rat snakes I have seen or caught from the western, central, and northern parts of the state were all various shades of brown, black, or grey, with yellowish, greenish, or reddish tints to them. I don't see too many really black ones, most are brownish. The eastern portion of the state might yield darker ones, but personally I have never herped the area. I would expect them to become darker the further east you go in KY. : Here are a few pics.... : <center> : Here is a picture of a wild caught female from western KY, laying her eggs: : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/images/kyblackrat2.jpg"> : Here is a second picture of the same snake. : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/images/kyblackrat.jpg"> : This is what hatched from her eggs... : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/forsalepics/blackrats.jpg"> : Here is a close up of one of those babies.. : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/forsalepics/blackrat01f.jpg"> : and a sibling..... : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/forsalepics/blackrat01f2.jpg"> : And here is another picture of a wild caught rat from western KY. This one was a four foot male. : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/images/wcblackrat.jpg"> : And one more adult rat snake from western KY... : <img src="http://www.kingsnake.com/obsoleta/KYherps/blackrat.jpg">

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