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What kind of snake?

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So have you ever been the one and only person around to save a reptile right before the scared masses were about to descend on it and do damage to it?

Last year I was walking around the outdoor garden section of Lowes and I keep hearing the birds in the area going nuts. I went over to the area and looked down and scooped up this snake right as a Lowe's employee was walking over with a shovel.

I took it out to the field behind the store and snapped this picture. Anyone know what it is? I have a guess but wanted to see if anyone actually knows (I'm a ball python guy).

Besides the one potential killer Lowe's employee, I did see the folk lift driver in the parking lot who gave me a thumbs up and said good job. :D
 

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Thanks everyone, Prairie Kingsnake is what I told my wife when I picked it up, now I can tell her, "what does the foxsnake say". I'm tired, dumb joke, sorry.
 
I agree...Western Foxsnake.
Nice save!

(I thought the scientific name was Pantherophis vulpinus though)
 
gila7150 said:
I agree...Western Foxsnake.
Nice save!

(I thought the scientific name was Pantherophis vulpinus though)
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The latest revision was Crother 2011, they found that Foxsnakes West of the Mississippi River embayment were distinct from those on the east. Since the original specimen for Western was collected east of the river, that holotype was invalid and they had to erect a new name. They erected ramspotti for the west and kept vulpinus for the eastern. It may not be the final word as there are better methods that are being developed each year, but it's a better hypothesis (that's what species names are) than we had before.

Hope that helps! Paper is below.

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2011/436049/
 
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