Snake ID please?

[Sybella]

I just picked up this rescue snake from the shelter and I need help identifying him please. He's 6 ft long and in love with me...he keeps trying to mate with my arm. LOL!!

 

[Sybella]

Here are links to a few more pictures.

http://209.157.64.240/photos/im000001.jpg
http://209.157.64.240/photos/im000003.jpg
http://209.157.64.240/photos/im000009.jpg

 

[Clay Davenport]

It's a gray ratsnake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides).
Possibly what is referred to as the "white oak phase" due to the predominance of the lighter coloration.

 

[Sybella]

The driver for the shelter thought he was an albino gopher...I laughed about that. I knew he was in the corn and rat family but I couldn't narrow it down any further, especially since he was so huge! Thank you, Clay!

 

[gila7150]

Clay's right. It's definitely a gray ratsnake (and a nice one!)
They are great snakes....highly underrated in the pet trade if you ask me.
Here's a darker one that I saw in south Georgia last year.

 

[Sybella]

LOL!! Yes, he is adorable. He's got some scaring from nose-rub but he's perfect otherwise. And he's in lurve with me, I tell you! The second I get near him, he starts twitching for me. It's too funny!! So, this is the first rescue snake that I'll be keeping for me.

He was found in a flowerbed on someone's property so who knows how long he was out. They knew he was an escapee because he didn't seem to mind being picked up.