Corn I.D. needed!

[BFT12890]

My neighbor came to me saying he caught a snake, knowing I am a snake person. I believe it is a Anery Corn, but I am used to ball pythons, so if someone could please verify it, or tell me im wrong and what it really is id greatly appriciate it!




Side note, I still live at home so my dad was sketchy about me getting my ball, so I never ever expected him to let me get another so I was completely shocked when he told me I could keep this one! Ive wanted a corn for a while in this morph (granted im correct in my corn belief) so im super stoked about it!!!

[Andrew21]

Looks like a granite to me. (diffused+anery)

[BFT12890]

Ok cool thanks! do you think they are they common out in the wild or do you think someones pet got loose?? I live in the PA, DE, MD area (middle east coast) and to be honest I dont think Ive ever seen even a normal corn in the wild.

[Andrew21]

Deffinately not common. It's gotta be a pet.

[BFT12890]

Hmm, interesting. well (if it was a pet) I feel bad for whoever it got away from. I put something on facebook about finding it so if someone comes to me (or puts a missing snake sign up) guess ill give it back. otherwise its mine now! its tiny too, id say about a 10-12". i havent fussed with it much im letting it settle in before I weigh/measure it and all.

[PyramidPythons]

That looks more like a Black Rat snake hatchling than a Corn snake to me. I dunno if Black Rats are common for your area, but you could look it up. From the picture you provided, it certainly looks more like a Black Rat, though.

[LotusCorvus]

Yeah, that baby's head doesn't seem to have any of the usual corn marker, its most likely a baby rat snake. Not a whole lot different than corns, but they do get a bit bigger. I have a "corn snake" thats probably a corn/rat mix or even possibly just a pure grey rat (the previous owner bought it from a shop as a corn though), and she's a sweetheart, but she's also nearly 6'.

[John1982]

Looks like a hatchling grey rat snake to me.

[BFT12890]

Hmm alright, is there any deffinite way to tell the difference? like, underside, eyes, ect??

EDIT: Yes I have seen a few black rats/black racers around here, but they are all generally black with no gray.

[Wyldrose]

The head markings are all wrong for a cornsnake. Black rat seems to fit
As they grow/mature the color and pattern can change a lot.

This should help
http://iansvivarium.com/morphs/speci...soleta/normal/