What am I?

[Didgie]

So, I got this lovely at the Dixie Reptile Show yesterday. He was labeled as a White Sided Rat - but upon coming home and looking for pictures of WS Rats, he doesn't seem to look anything like them! Which is no big deal for me - but I was curious if you guys could give me a hand in identifying this little fella. (Or gal, I don't actually know.)

His name is Twix, and he's my first rat snake.

[TheWinWizard]

Looks like a gray ratsnake to me.

[Didgie]

Thanks!

[jack the ball python]

it looks like a corn snake

[Didgie]

A corn snake? I have a hard time seeing that...don't most corn snakes tend to be at least a bit reddish in color?


Edit: I went a browsed the corn section and did see one remarkably similar in looks to Twix. I'm very confused now.

[Shenzi Sixaxis]

Rat snakes start life like that. Doesn't mean they're corns, but rats and corns are pretty much the same snakes.

[TheWinWizard]

Rat snakes start life like that. Doesn't mean they're corns, but rats and corns are pretty much the same snakes.

Indeed they are.

[SpartaDog]

A rat snake SHOULD look like a corn snake. Corn snakes are a species of rat snake.