Everglades Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus rossalleni)

Created: June 21st, 2015 - 09:42 AM
Last Modified: June 24th, 2015 - 02:24 PM Entered by: Clayton Sullivan
Record 230863

Country: United States		State: Florida	County: Highlands County	Time: 2015-06-20 08:40:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: Cypress swamp
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Notes

Yellow rat hybrid. Phenotypical everglades rat snake.

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Comments

Posted by Noah Mueller on Jun 25, 2015 at 12:49 PM

Either way, it is a neat looking animal.

Posted by Clayton Sullivan on Jun 25, 2015 at 10:10 AM

Yea, I thought that too. That's why I think it's probably an intergrate. The stripes could just be a dominant trait of the yellow rat snake. If it's not an integrate it's one rare oddity.

Posted by Noah Mueller on Jun 25, 2015 at 09:17 AM

Cool. I was under the impression rossalleni didn't have stripes, or greatly reduced stripes.

Posted by Clayton Sullivan on Jun 22, 2015 at 09:28 AM

It has a red tongue. There's an isolated population of them in Highlands county. Also, it was found in thick cypress swamp. It's most likely an integrate, if not, it's rossalleni.

Posted by Noah Mueller on Jun 22, 2015 at 08:42 AM

Looks like a normal yellow to me. Beautiful snake though!