Baird's Ratsnake vs. Western Ratsnake
They meet and intergrade on the western Edwards Plateau; the young look much alike. A: Four faint dark stripes along the body, the scales with an orange glow in the Baird's Ratsnake; blotched brown on grey or yellow, or plain black (no stripes) in the Western Ratsnake. B: Grey with narrow dark crossbars in the Baird's Ratsnake; grey with big dark brown blotches in the Western Ratsnake.
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