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Help ID color?

haley

haley

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I was out looking at property with my mother today and this little guy fell out of a tree about two inches from her head. I picked him up and brought him home to ID...I assumed he was e. guttata but wanted to make sure since I haven't ever seen one in the wild. Anywho, could someone tell me what color he is? I tried to look on the color pages, but there are so many variations. Thanks much for your help! :)
 

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Looks like an anery corn to me
man..I wish that a snake would fall on me somday....nice find!
 
Emoryi

Thats a Great plains ratsnake. Closely related to corns. But it even looks strange for an emoryi. Where are you located?
 
I'm in central Oklahoma. He was in a tree out in farm country. Cute little guy...pretty calm already. The bathroom light may have made the color off a bit? I'll take another picture for you...maybe it will help.
 
i live about 30 min from the texas ok border and i catch those rat snakes all the time never from a tree though
 
Ok...here are a few more pictures of this guy. Sorry for the blur...I was trying to shoot with a macro using only one hand. Ignore the dirty garden fingernails. ;)

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Do those help in determining what snake/color he is?
 
Ahh ok kevo26...I think I was posting as you were. Yeah, he fell out and tried to go right back up. Thanks for the help everyone!
 
Well, on the monitor I use at work, it looked anery to me, but now that I've gotten home, it's pretty obvious to me that it IS a Great Plains Rat snake (Pantherophis emoryi).

Nice find! :cool:
 
Thanks much. Any idea how to determine sex? Not a huge deal, but I keep calling it 'he'.
 
What differentiates between an anery and an emoryi?
I can't tell the difference.
-Thanks
 
Emoryi is

Anerythristic is a color phase of p.g.guttatta, and the great plains rat is cousin to the cornsnake. Emoryi do have a more drab color than the corn. This anery corn question comes up a lot, especially with younger emoryi, the darker colors of a hatchling do differ from the browner colors of an adult.

Luke
Ra Reptile
 
dont panic though .....after a few looks at emoryi and anerys at any age your'll be able to tell the differance in seconds in real life there is a definate differancenot only in color but also body shape which is farily distinct esp in adults the babies also tend to be bulkier then their guttata counterparts
 
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