Can anyone help identify this snake?

Sheepylizzy · 12-08-12, 02:09 PM

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This is a snake which i'm hoping to be re-homing soon. But we have no idea what sort of snake he is, we were thinking possibly a ratsnake or a cornsnake. I was hoping someone on here may know so we can estimate if he's going to get any bigger.
(I say he but it could be a she)

Thanks for your help

Kaity · 12-08-12, 03:38 PM

Looks like a corn snake morph to me. Corns can hit six feet (large ones, anyway) and the males tend to be bigger than the females. Good luck re-homing.

StudentoReptile · 12-08-12, 03:56 PM

I'm thinking ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus sp.), couldn't say what subspecies.

poison123 · 12-08-12, 09:24 PM

looks like a corn to me it also looks to be motly but i cant say for sure.

any way you can get a better pic from above?

Wyldrose · 12-09-12, 12:17 AM

A nice clear headshot and belly pic would be nice. I see an anery motley cornsnake in that picture.

StudentoReptile · 12-09-12, 06:51 AM

Hard to say, I'll admit, but how many grey ratsnakes have you actually laid eyes on? They are quite variable.

A belly shot would be nice.

Sheepylizzy · 12-09-12, 09:09 AM

Thanks for the help so far guys. I were going to try and get some better shots but he/she took a strong disliking and striking for my mate's ipod which she was using to take the pics so we had to put him back to let him calm down. But i can tell you he/she hasn't got the usual checker patterned belly like most cornsnakes.

Sheepylizzy · 12-09-12, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Wyldrose

A nice clear headshot and belly pic would be nice. I see an anery motley cornsnake in that picture.

After doing some googling i have to say he does look a lot like an 'Anery Caramel motley corn snake'.

Wyldrose · 12-09-12, 10:02 AM

That is very possible. Anery and caramel don't work together so often if you have a homo anery and homo caramel you have a very anery looking animal. The amount of yellow on it's sides can be a normal anery trait. Animals that are het caramel tend to have lots of yellow as well.

Is his belly pure white? Motleys have no belly checks.
Also does his head have a clear pattern on it like this:

This is my anery motley she is a 3.5 year old female

If he doesn't have the same head pattern and he has belly checks its very likely that he is a grey rat snake.

StudentoReptile · 12-09-12, 11:37 AM

Yeah, the pattenless head is what made me think grey rat snake, plus I've seen many over the past couple decades that look exactly like that.

Also, the OP's statement about the snake's disposition seems more akin to most of the grey rats I've known as opposed to a CB mutation corn snake.

But again, I could be mistaken.