Help me identify this snake.

[Bee101]

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?

[anthroterra]

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.

[Bee101]

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.

[Spiritserpents]

Corn snake, 100%. Absolutely a corn snake.

[redshepherd]

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

[Bee101]

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.

[John1982]

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

Haha, whoops on them. Corn snake.

[redshepherd]

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

[DennisM]

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

[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?