Great Plains Ratsnake vs. Central Ratsnake
The hard case is a young Central Ratsnake, which is grey and blotched like a Great Plains Ratsnake. The Great Plains has a pair of dark stripes on the neck that join into a spearpoint between the eyes, a dark line from the eye to the angle of the jaw, and keeps its bold brown blotches for life; the young Central Ratsnake has a dark bar across the head in front of the eyes, no spearpoint, and darkens to black within a few years.
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