Always wanted mandarins. I now have a pair of yearlings
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Mandarin ratsnakes are so cool! Congratulations on getting them.
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they are very cool. I hope to get better pics of them
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Their pattern is so unique! Yellow with the black just on that kind of natural tone, is unreal.
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yea it’s ace. I really like the red on them too
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Totally aces! I am envious, but I will have them someday too. I actually prefer them with a very clean gray base color, but the red is nothing to sneeze at. They’ve been bred for high red for so long I feel like the clean off-white background ones have become harder to find.
An amazing snake, and very easy to care for, especially if one has a rich vein of patience.
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Lovely snake 
. And a amazing national geographic worthy visual showcase of the snake as always Welsh!!
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I myself do like the reds on these Sichuan. A friend bred them and was going to get some off him this year but one of his customers from last year was parting with them at a decent price too. She gave me a free Garter snake I couldn’t say no.
I would like to find some other locales to add in time too.
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I will get some more photos but I don’t like disturbing them much
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Oh my goodness! That is amazing I absolutely adore mandarins! Congratulations that’s beyond awesome!
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I’m stoked with them
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So this is a Sichaun province locale of the Mando rat snake huh…spicy just like Sichaunese cuisine.
If anyone is curious Sichaun is a province in south-west China. Its provincial capital Chengdu is sometimes called the Panda bear’s hometown. They also have a panda breeding facility there. Sichaun cuisine is known to be spicy and pungent. Kung Pao Chicken is apparently from this region.
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I must admit I do like spicy hot hot
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I love spicy 
wings/food
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Then Sichaun style would be a form of Chinese cooking you might wanna try. They like their chilies and spices and such.
Also thanks for pointing out that the snake is from the region. I wondered where in China these old world corn snake cousins were from.
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yes I’ve tried it from the takeaways here
I wouldn’t mind some more locale of these tbh
Absolutely stunning.
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They simply are natural beauties
They are also rather docile and don’t bite, compared with the other Asians
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Congrats!!
I got to hold an adult this past weekend at an expo, they are such awesome snakes. Their colors are stunning!
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very secretive but do super in live planted set ups
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