Just looking for specifically marked snakes...

lizardminion

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I'm just wondering if any of you know of any nonvenomous snakes that have prominent eye markings like the ball pythons, Burmese pythons, and green anacondas do. So far, I have noticed this trait on corn snakes, African house snakes, as well as faintly appearing on rainbow, rosy, and certain sand boas.
If you don't know what mark I'm talking about, its basically a stripe that starts at the tip of the snake's snout and flows to the back of the snake's head, going through it's eye in the process. This marking is obvious in the three snakes I mentioned above.
 

Tarac

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A type of "rat/corn snake," but since you called "corn" I wasn't sure if you meant strictly Pantherophis species- the Beauty snake, Orthriophis taeniurus, has stunning eye markings. Not exactly what you are looking at but very dramatic for eye markings. Many many moons ago when I had lots of time to deal with more herps than my single burm I had a pair of them. The female was massive, well over 7 feet. Their patterns are this amazing changing arrangement that starts very differently from how it ends and the "eye shadow" looking swoops are surely a large factor in how they acquired their common name. They bred like rabbits. I do miss these more than any of the other snake species I formerly kept I think. It's nice to have a relatively active snake.
 

Shrike

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A type of "rat/corn snake," but since you called "corn" I wasn't sure if you meant strictly Pantherophis species- the Beauty snake, Orthriophis taeniurus, has stunning eye markings. Not exactly what you are looking at but very dramatic for eye markings. Many many moons ago when I had lots of time to deal with more herps than my single burm I had a pair of them. The female was massive, well over 7 feet. Their patterns are this amazing changing arrangement that starts very differently from how it ends and the "eye shadow" looking swoops are surely a large factor in how they acquired their common name. They bred like rabbits. I do miss these more than any of the other snake species I formerly kept I think. It's nice to have a relatively active snake.
Out of curiousity, how are they on temperament? I've seen some docile individuals but others say they can get a bit feisty. At seven feet I'm sure they could be a handful. They're definitely gorgeous snakes!
 

Sethu

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So, Pacific gopher snakes have a similar pattern to what you described, but not exactly. The species that you already specified have the best examples of that specific patterning and I don't personally know of any other that fit the description well. But because I love gopher snakes and think they're the ultimate in pet snakes, I will just leave you with this awful picture that shows the markings. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted, but it's all I could find that I actually have personal experience with.
 
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