In preparation to promote Rat Snakes to a top level category, we need to build a trait list for the genes and combos.
For each of these, we need to know what kind of gene it is (recessive/incdom/dom) OR what combination of genes represent it.
Please add anything that is missing or correct me where I am wrong.
If you know anyone that work with Rat Snakes, send them a link to this thread and ask them to help out.
Old World Locality:
Elaphe
Mandarin Rat Snake - Elaphe mandarina
Beauty Rat Snake - Elaphe taeniura
Japanese Kunishiri Rat Snake - Elaphe climacophora
Steppes (Goins) Rat Snake - Elaphe dione
Thailand Bamboo Rat Snake - oreocryptophis porphyraceus
Coelognathus
Philippine rat snake, C. erythrurus
Black copper rat snake or yellow striped snake, C. flavolineatus
Trinket snake, C. helena
Copperhead rat snake, C. radiatus
Indonesian rat snake, C. subradiatus
Euprepiophis
Japanese forest rat snake, E. conspicillatus
Mandarin rat snake, E. mandarinus
Gonyosoma
Green trinket snake, G. frenatum
Celebes black-tailed rat snake, G. jansenii
Red-tailed green rat snake, G. oxycephalum
Oreocryptophis
Mountain rat snake, O. porphyracea
Orthriophis
Cantor’s rat snake, O. cantoris
Hodgson’s rat snake, O. hodgsoni
100 flower rat snake, O. moellendorffi
Beauty snake, O. taeniurus
Ptyas
Keeled rat snake, P. carinata
P. dhumnades
Sulawesi black racer, P. dipsas
White-bellied rat snake, P. fusca
Chinese rat snake, P. korros
P. luzonensis
Oriental rat snake, P. mucosa
Green rat snake, P. nigromarginata
Rhadinophis
Green bush snake, R. prasinus
Rhynchophis
Rhinoceros ratsnake
Zamenis
Transcaucasian rat snake, Z. hohenackeri
Italian Aesculapian snake, Z. lineatus
Aesculapian snake, Z. longissimus
Persian rat snake, Z. persicus
Leopard snake, Z. situla
New World Locality:
Bogertophis
Baja California rat snake, B. rosaliae
Trans-Pecos rat snake, B. subocularis
Pantherophis
Eastern rat snake, P. alleghaniensis
Black rat snake (Northern locality of the Eastern rat snake), P. alleghaniensis (obsoletus used by some)
Yellow rat snake (Southern locality), P. alleghaniensis (obsoletus quadrivittata used by some)
Everglades rat snake (Floridian locality), P. alleghaniensis (obsoletus rossalleni used by some)
Greenish rat snake (naturally occurring mix of the black and yellow Eastern rat localities), P. alleghaniensis
Texas rat snake, P. obsoleta lindheimeri
(debate on the reclassification from E. obsoleta lindheimeri still seems to be ongoing despite most accepting P. obsoleta lindheimeri).
Note: There is still debate on the Eastern rat snake reclassification. Many still consider them separate subspecies despite evidence suggesting otherwise. (They seem to work much the same as Rosy Boas).
Baird’s rat snake, P. bairdi
Great Plains rat snake, P. emoryi
Corn snake, P. guttatus
Western fox snake, P. ramspotti
Gray rat snake, P. spiloides
Eastern fox snake, P. vulpinus (P. gloydi merged with it in 2011, though some consider it a separate subspecies)
Pseudelaphe
Mexican rat snake, P. flavirufa
Senticolis
Green rat snake, S. triaspis
Spilotes
Chicken snake or yellow rat snake aka serpiente tigre, S. pullatus
Traits/morphs:
Amelanistic
Anerythristic
Axanthic
Caramel
Golden
Hypomelanistic
Lava
Lavender
Microscale
Motley
Red coat
Stripe
Palmetto
Scaleless
Whitesided (ghost)
Moonshine
Lemon
Silverleaf
Blonde
Line bred:
Other/unknown:
Calico
Brindle
Dominant:
Rusty - super= leucistic
Combo names:
Snow?