Mexican Baird's Ratsnake

Nuevo Leon locale Baird's are truly different from the Texas populations. In fact, many herpetologist are under the opinion they probably should be classified differently from the Texas populations. Even though the young start out looking like any other Baird's, as adults, they have a stunning combination of colors. Their body may have rich orange hues or bright yellows like the one above. They all have these interesting slate grey heads with the white lower jaw. Locality specimens, such as these, are uncommon in collections.
This is a nice example of an individual that is more yellow in color.