anyone heard of .......

[flakgunner]

hey,
Saturday morning,the wife and I ,went to a nearby swap meet,needing alot of food ,for my growing collection,ended up buying another stunning Yellow Ratsnake ,about three ft.,it was a little underfeed,but all of this sellers snakes seamed to be,he also had a real nice White Oak Gray Ratsnake,four ft.,but I asked for a package deal,and told us ,he couldn't,so I got the Yellow Ratsnake for $25.00,Sunday I feed it four med. mice,it took them right from my finger tips.
The dealer that I purchased all of our mice/crickets from had a Ratsnake for sale,it was a little guy,around 20 in.,he had it listed as a Dexter's Ratsnake,never heard if it,and Ive had Ratsnakes for many years!!
Anyone of Heard of a Dexter's Ratsnake???the snakes overall color was a muddy red/brown,and you know with Red Rats,they've got the saddles/blotches running down their length,dk.red bordered with black outline.this snake had faint black bordered outlines,but the saddles/blotches where the same muddy red/brown of the snakes base color,I asked him about this snake,and he couldn't give me any info on it,he had just acquired it,I asked if it was a designer color,i asked if it was a crossbreed.I did a quik search on the net,and found nothing.

Joe

P.S. not one Gartersnake was to be found at this meet.mainly those dam designer Python's ,Ratsnakes and alot of weird Gecko's

[enigma200316]

sorry Joe I was unable to find any thing regaurding a Dexters' Rat either......

[ssssnakeluvr]

thats a new one to me also... I ran intoa guy that had an "african water lizard"...i took one look and said baloney, you got a baby alligator (they aren't legal here in Utah)

[ssssnakeluvr]

.....maybe it belonged to a guy named Dexter.....

[adamanteus]

Can you post a picture of the mystery beast?

[flakgunner]

hey,
No chance on the pics,we didn't even think about bring the cam,and for some odd reason theirs no show scheldued for Oct.,so it'll be Nov. and I can't see him hang'in on that long,I'am baffled on the Ratsnakes title,I'am think someone came out with sometype of odd designer RedRat,and their trying to name it after themselves.

Joe

[CrazyHedgehog]

not a Deckert's rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta deckerti,
????
I think Chloe has one, colour sounds right

[adamanteus]

Ahh...The Keys Rat Snake E. o. deckerti.....I never thought of that!

[GarterGuy]

not a Deckert's rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta deckerti,
????
I think Chloe has one, colour sounds right

Eh, beat me too it!!!!

I've got a buddy who breeds them, I'll see if he'll take a pic of his so you can see if it's the same as you saw at the show.

Roy

[flakgunner]

hey,
Thanks for the leads guys!Keys Ratsnake,I'd heard of them,but have never seen them,let alone referred to as Deckert's;with this info I found alittle info and some pics on the net,this pic is fairly close,the one we saw ,was a little more reddish/brown.Odd,the one reference book I've got on Rat snakes,shows a Key Rat looking more like a dirty Yellow/Everglades

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Joe

(now I'am kicking myself in the ......)