Moose1915:

Thats a pretty cool looking snake that you've got there. I haven't seen on of those babies here in the western Finger Lakes region since I was a kid.

Bearklr:

From what I understand...the black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) and the corn snake (Elaphe guttata) are not in fact the same species, although both species are found in the genus Elaphe. There are a bunch of rat snakes that are just subspecies of one another though like the black, gray, yellow, everglades rat snakes. I used to have to take care of corn snakes and a yellow and black rat snake for a herpatology class that I took at college.