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<blockquote data-quote="Pulp" data-source="post: 1293736" data-attributes="member: 14195"><p>Actually it's most likely a hybrid 'twixt a Texas Rat Snake or a Great Plains rat Snake and a Black Rat Snake. Too dark to be full blood Texan or Great Plains, and too much pattern to be full blood Black. </p><p></p><p>One exception to the elliptical pupil rule is the Texas Night Snake. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=25&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=0" target="_blank">http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=25&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=0</a></p><p></p><p>It has elliptical pupils, yet non-venomous. I caught one on a field trip to the Black Mesa back when I was in college. I didn't know what it was when I found it, the important thing was I knew what it wasn't. My professor nearly had a coniption when he saw the elliptical pupils, but later calmed down when we ID'd it. They range throughout most of W. OK. It has smooth scales, while all of our pit vipers have keeled (a small ridge in the center of the scale) scales.</p><p></p><p>As far as Coral Snakes go, there is no OFFICIAL record of a Coral snake collected in Oklahoma. Notice I capitilized official. That doesn't mean their not here, just never been collected by professionals. We are on the very western edge of their range.</p><p></p><p>The anal plate, or the scale just anterior to the "poopchute" is not a good indicator either. While pit vipers have a single anal plate, so do many non-venomous snakes.</p><p></p><p>Go here to see photos of a bunch of Oklahoma snakes:</p><p><a href="http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=1" target="_blank">http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pulp, post: 1293736, member: 14195"] Actually it's most likely a hybrid 'twixt a Texas Rat Snake or a Great Plains rat Snake and a Black Rat Snake. Too dark to be full blood Texan or Great Plains, and too much pattern to be full blood Black. One exception to the elliptical pupil rule is the Texas Night Snake. [url]http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?snakeID=25&venomous=0&patterned=0&striped=0&solid=0&all=0[/url] It has elliptical pupils, yet non-venomous. I caught one on a field trip to the Black Mesa back when I was in college. I didn't know what it was when I found it, the important thing was I knew what it wasn't. My professor nearly had a coniption when he saw the elliptical pupils, but later calmed down when we ID'd it. They range throughout most of W. OK. It has smooth scales, while all of our pit vipers have keeled (a small ridge in the center of the scale) scales. As far as Coral Snakes go, there is no OFFICIAL record of a Coral snake collected in Oklahoma. Notice I capitilized official. That doesn't mean their not here, just never been collected by professionals. We are on the very western edge of their range. The anal plate, or the scale just anterior to the "poopchute" is not a good indicator either. While pit vipers have a single anal plate, so do many non-venomous snakes. Go here to see photos of a bunch of Oklahoma snakes: [url]http://www.oksnakes.org/index.cfm?id=1[/url] [/QUOTE]
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