hey,
we live up by the Wisconsin border:
Elaphe vulpina

these are found down state:
Elaphe guttata

as with most Rat Snakes,what you see at first,is not what you end up with.
there's a reptile meet in 1 1/2 weeks,I'll be going,I need bags of frozen mice,fuzzies,pinkie's.One of the dealers is hoping to bring some Trans Pecos Rat snakes,for me,otherwise maybe a Black Rat snake,but it is getting very difficult to find un-altered snakes,everything showing up,at these shows ,are the designer colors,it took me over 6 months to find a simple Red Rat Snake,I didn't want a morph,hypo,albino,ghost,amber,snowflake.Took me close to a year to acquire a nice simple Yellow Rat.
My son had quite afew of those designer color Rat Snakes,they died,never reaching a year old,My wife had a "Amber" Red Rat snake,it died last week,it was only 7 mos.old,full of tumors, my "normal" Red Rats are all,close to two years old now.
I'am also hoping to find a Red-Sided Gartersnake.
My Baby Baird's Rat snake,it's been touch and go with it,almost lost it a few months ago,each month it gets a little stronger.

Joe