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Post by lee on Apr 3, 2005 3:10:46 GMT
   heres my new everglades ratsnake lee |
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Post by Vicki on Apr 4, 2005 11:50:05 GMT
Very nice Lee. Im thinking of getting a rat snake in the future but will have to save up some pennies first ;D
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Post by mourne on Apr 4, 2005 12:34:16 GMT
Lee that looks like a big boy/girl.I love the colour.
Well done Lee.
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Post by lee on Apr 4, 2005 13:02:44 GMT
thank you both ;D ;D ;D ;D heres 2 pics i took last night   lee |
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Post by Christina on Apr 4, 2005 13:44:17 GMT
i always thought rat snakes were rather small but that is rather a large one! beautiful!!
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Post by lee on Apr 4, 2005 16:34:10 GMT
i always thought rat snakes were rather small but that is rather a large one! beautiful!! thanks christina shes 5ft long some ratsnakes are small in comparison to cornsnakes but ratsnakes like the asian ratsnakes eg taiwanese and blue beauties get up to 9ft long lee |
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Post by John Pilling on Apr 4, 2005 16:52:35 GMT
Thats a good looking rat snake Lee, and it's quite unusuall in it's colouring (well unusual from where i live).
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Post by Muphesto on Apr 4, 2005 18:45:20 GMT
would that be described as a striped morph? or is that what all of them morphs look like?
pretty cool
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Post by lee on Apr 4, 2005 19:21:24 GMT
i bought it as a normal everglades :)but if she ain't thats a bonus,just need a mate for her now lol
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Post by Keith on Apr 5, 2005 16:56:11 GMT
Very nice looking snake, Lee. I'm a bit confuzzled  Corn snakes are just captive bred Red Ratsnakes, correct? Here in the US almost every state has some kind of Ratsnake in it. Here in Massachusetts, we have Black Ratsnakes. Unfortunately, they are endangered and only 2 known substantial colonies exist. Florida has Reds as well as Yellows. I've seen green ones, too, I think from Arizona/Nevada. West of the Mississippi river is where you can fing Great Plains Ratsnakes. Sorry to go on and on. I'm out of work ill today. |
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Post by John Pilling on Apr 5, 2005 17:39:56 GMT
Corn was origanally dirived fromrats, but i'm talking as far back as the begining of the last ice age, now they are just distant cousins but a seperate snake in their own right. Thats as far as my history goes on this, anyone else know anything?
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Post by lee on Apr 5, 2005 17:49:23 GMT
some ratsnakes are still under the pantherophis latin name much like the cornsnake so not really sure but the colouration changes can be explained by different localities in cornsnakes such as okeetee or the miami where they have darker saddling or grey to help them blend in with the environments they live in,just about evolution really because its like the epicrates cenchria in south america where theres different types for every location i south america and all vary in colouration but all the same speices all to do with environment they live and i think the colour helps them cope in it
lee
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Post by John Pilling on Apr 5, 2005 19:38:20 GMT
Never looked at it that way Lee, your right though, they all belong to the gutta familey.
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lol
