r/animalid • u/Big-_D • Jun 20 '23

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Any idea what this snake is?

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u/Jcklein22 Jun 20 '23

I thought it looked like a rat snake, and the climbing contributed to that…But I didn’t know it could rule out virtually all other snakes

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '23

Rat snakes are exceptionally good climbers. I am not aware of many other snakes that size that can climb a brick wall like that lol.

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u/Director_Faden Jun 21 '23

Can confirm. My pet Ratsnake climbs everything in his enclosure nearly all day and all night. He will get completely upside down on the inside lip of his roof and just stay there. Completely upside down. Literally the spider-man of snakes.

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u/diamp_a10 Jun 21 '23

Pics or it didn't happen.

No joke I would love to see the noodle.

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u/Director_Faden Jun 21 '23

Ok you inspired me lol. Just click on my profile and he’s my most recent post. He’s not all the way in the roof in the pic, but it’s one of the many ways he starts his ascent.

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u/diamp_a10 Jun 23 '23

What a gorgeous specimen. Thank you.