Happy Birthday to....

[flakgunner]

hey,

Well,,my Baby Western Fox Snake,will be turning a big!!#1,this week!!
Ripped from the jaws of Death!!Seconds away from being chopped in half!! at the hands of a spaded shovel.The oldest boy who has many Ball Python's,and has a few buddies,who themselves have pythons.It's one buddie who walked out into his back porchmto find his nieghbors ,screaming!!women ,screaming,KILL IT!!men searching for anything that looked like a weapon,the buddie had a good idea ,what was happening,run over and saw this little gem coiled up,no bigger than a half dollar,laying by some empty clay pots.
he was prepared for a Garter snake,and had no idea what this was,so with caution scooped it up into a empty pot,took it home and called my son,he quikly went over and he had no clue ,and quikly brought it to me,it took me all of a fraction of a second ,to know what this little beauty was,still sporting it egg tooth.













then measuring in at a whopping 12",yesterdays length,coming in at a robust,20 1/2"

Joe

[Stefan-A]

Happy birthday, Mr. Western Fox Snake.

[Josh]

may i say your aging well mr snake?

[adamanteus]

Just shows what I know! I would have sworn that was a Great Plains Ratsnake Pantherophis emoryi.

[Stefan-A]

Just shows what I know! I would have sworn that was a Great Plains Ratsnake Pantherophis emoryi.

It crossed my mind, too. But I know even less. It does look more like an Emory's/Great Plains ratsnake than any of the fox snakes I found with google.

[adamanteus]

As you know Stefan, I don't google.......did your search tell you that Fox Snakes have keeled scales and lack the head pattern distinctive to emoryi and guttata?

[Stefan-A]

No, but I noticed the difference the second I entered the words "Pantherophis vulpinus".

[adamanteus]

Well, I hate to 'rock the boat' but to me that's P. emoryi.

[ssssnakeluvr]

looks like emoryi to me also......

[enigma200316]

Hey Joe love the poetry, and the snake kool also,
no matter what kind it is...I haven't a clue......
I'm still trying to figure out all the Garters......lol