Mole Kingsnake vs. Central Ratsnake

Young Central Ratsnakes are blotched brown on grey like a Mole Kingsnake. A: Reddish-brown, edged in black in the Mole Kingsnake; grey-brown, not edged in black in the Central Ratsnake. B: No bar across the head; the head not set off from the neck in the Mole Kingsnake; a dark bar across the head in front of the eyes in the Central Ratsnake. C: Smooth and glossy in the Mole Kingsnake; weakly keeled down the middle of the back in the Central Ratsnake.

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