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Saw a pretty cool snake yesterday when I was in Alabama
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:44 pm
I think it's a gray rat snake. Can anyone confirm?
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 4:46 pm
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Posted on 6/3/16 at 4:56 pm to KCMIZSEC
Texas rat snake, some call a chicken snake.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 5:01 pm to CamdenTiger
I think grey but never was 100% sure how to tell the difference between grey and Texas. If they look more grey than brown I say grey.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 5:22 pm to KCMIZSEC
That's a mutha fricka rattla
Posted on 6/3/16 at 5:27 pm to KCMIZSEC
GDCK
Posted on 6/3/16 at 7:33 pm to CamdenTiger
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Chicken snake
Like chicken hawk.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 7:36 pm to KCMIZSEC
It's a midland rat snake, aka gray rat snake. Pantherophis spiloides.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 7:49 pm to Teague
Teague, I have often wondered weather your raptors ever catch snakes when hunting?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:05 pm to Spankum
They haven't yet, but probably just because we're usually hunting in cool weather. It's just a matter of time though. I actually fed my red tail a dead snake last week. It was one that my indigo snake refused to eat. So, rather than wasting it, I tossed it to the bird.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:41 pm to KCMIZSEC
That's s very rare, crested killitwithfire snake
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:46 pm to Teague
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Pantherophis
Oh shite did it scream like a woman?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:21 pm to Teague
Thought so. How do you tell between the grey and Texas...Texas is more brown in coloration?
Posted on 6/5/16 at 12:55 pm to CamdenTiger
Yep...birds are their number one food source.
Posted on 6/5/16 at 3:34 pm to NOLAGT
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How do you tell between the grey and Texas...Texas is more brown in coloration?
Mostly just by where you find them. They do differ in color some, but we do have some here in AL that have more tan, or black, than gray.
Posted on 6/5/16 at 5:53 pm to Teague
Gotcha. I found 2 in my yard that seemed more grey to me in Louisiana. So I always thought grey
Posted on 6/5/16 at 5:58 pm to NOLAGT
I'm no scientist, but to be honest, I think they're all the same snake. The divisions seem very arbitrary to me, and there's no real line of delineation, at least, not east of the Mississippi. It's just a gradual change from eastern, to midland, to, probably, western, which is the way they have them officially broken up now. There seem to be as many intergrades as there are true species/subspecies.
Posted on 6/5/16 at 7:10 pm to Teague
Agreed
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