Introducing a new pickup and species question?

Just got this little male African House snake. Currently without a name. I was hoping those experienced would be able to tell me what subspecies he is?

It looks very much like Boaedon maculatus ("dotted" house snake) to me.

Figured he had to be either a Brown or a Dotted. Thanks for the reply!

Just for future reference,

The other common species on the market are Cape house snakes (B. capensis). To date, this is the only species available in albinism in America.

The common "brown" house snake (I hate using colors for common names) is B. fuliginosus. I rarely see any normal phenotypes offered for sale. The ones often sold as "blacks" "olives" or "West African olives" are actually a dark locality phase of this species. They are not to be confused with the true Olive house snake (B. olivaceus), which is very rare in captive collections.

Yeah, I was referring to the B. fuliginosus as the Brown. That seems to be the common name for that subspecies? Agree that a common name based on color is quite confusing! I've read about all the various subspecies and their scientific names but still have a hard time remembering how to spell them, so I tend to be lazy and just use the common. I really should work on that though!

Yeah, because technically the normal coloration for a lot of them is brown! Hence a lot of dealers are also lazy and market their animals as "Brown house snakes" but it could be one of 3-4 species. And guess what? They can't hybridize with each other! Great news if you're a purist, but not so great if you're not savvy on your house snake I.D. skills and you end with an odd pair. It has happened to more than a few people.

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