Re: Great Question!

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Posted by Edward Nigma on March 12, 2002 at 15:53:50:

In Reply to: Great Question! posted by Adam Block (IMPACT Reptiles) on March 12, 2002 at 00:07:00:

the main reason i am doubting is because they look so different, and i haven't really seen many emoryi's so i don't know how variable they are.

also, i saw the pic of a baby emoryi posted below, and the pattern looks a lot different from both of mine.

i got both of these snakes from a local reptile store. the male was dropped off by someone who suposedly wild caught him 6 years ago. the female came from someone who had a bunch of other ratsnakes. he called her a "texas black ratsnake," but he had most of his other snakes mislabeled as well. the store owner and manager agreed with me that it looked like an emoryi. as far as i know, black ratsnakes aren't in texas, and a black ratsnake should be all black by the time it is this big. but he could have meant "black texas ratsnake" as in anerythristric. but that's highly unlikely. he could have also meant "texas/black", like an intergrade of the two. but i think if it was all obsoleta with no guttata, it wouldn't have the guttata head pattern and belly pattern.

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: the main reason i am doubting is because they look so different, and i haven't really seen many emoryi's so i don't know how variable they are. : also, i saw the pic of a baby emoryi posted below, and the pattern looks a lot different from both of mine. : i got both of these snakes from a local reptile store. the male was dropped off by someone who suposedly wild caught him 6 years ago. the female came from someone who had a bunch of other ratsnakes. he called her a "texas black ratsnake," but he had most of his other snakes mislabeled as well. the store owner and manager agreed with me that it looked like an emoryi. as far as i know, black ratsnakes aren't in texas, and a black ratsnake should be all black by the time it is this big. but he could have meant "black texas ratsnake" as in anerythristric. but that's highly unlikely. he could have also meant "texas/black", like an intergrade of the two. but i think if it was all obsoleta with no guttata, it wouldn't have the guttata head pattern and belly pattern.

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