Help me identify this snake.

Someone on a local message board posted this picture of a snake they found in their yard. A lot of people are calling it a bull snake. I think it looks more like a corn snake though. It was found in colorado. What are your thoughts?

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http://rs58.pbsrc.com/albums/g242/be...h=480&fit=clip

It looks like a corn to me too, but their range doesn't extend into Colorado. Both look very much alike, but the head markings look more corn-like than bull-like. There are so many rat snakes that look similar... Beautiful snake though.

Yeah i'm almost 100% positive it's a corn that got loose or was set loose. There are others calling it a ball python which is obviously wrong lol, but there are so many people calling it a bull snake that i was starting to doubt myself. The only native snake we have that looks remotely similar is the emoryi ratsnake.

Corn snake, 100%. Absolutely a corn snake.

I posted this in snake ID because I was genuinely curious, and the admin identified it as a bull snake.

With that coloration? I think i should also mention that bull snakes are on the opposite side of the state. We have great basin gopher snakes where we are . What is snake ID? I've never seen a pit with that sort of head coloration or pattern.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

I posted this in snake ID because I was genuinely curious, and the admin identified it as a bull snake.

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Haha, whoops on them. Corn snake. :gj:

Wow, I lost all trust in that group LOL. How could the admin not be able to differentiate a corn and a bull snake?

Snake Identification is an fb group

Considering it's location, I think this is more likely a Great Plains ratsnake.

You posted it redshepherd? Think you would be able to catch it? Just to solve the mystery. Also if its a corn its not native and probably an escaped pet?

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Originally Posted by salt

You posted it redshepherd? Think you would be able to catch it? Just to solve the mystery. Also if its a corn its not native and probably an escaped pet?

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Yeah, but I posted it and then deleted after I got an answer yesterday, since it's a public group. I'm don't want my fb friends seeing me post in groups for some reason LOL

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Originally Posted by DennisM

Considering it's location, I think this is more likely a Great Plains ratsnake.

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No. This is a corn snake. Great plains rat snakes don't come in bright oranges/reds, yellows and blacks.

Great Plains rat snakes are from the southeast part of colorado and we are in the really far west part of the state. So I think it would be pretty rare to see one here.

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Originally Posted by salt

You posted it redshepherd? Think you would be able to catch it? Just to solve the mystery. Also if its a corn its not native and probably an escaped pet?

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Someone posted these pictures on a local message board. I don't know exactly where the snake is and it's probably long gone by now. I told the poster it was someone's lost pet but with all the local "snake experts" insisting it's a native bull snake I doubt anything will be done.

Do you live on the western slope or the eastern?

It's a cute snake, whatever it is lol