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Pantherophis obsoletus. Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [4] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. [5]
Description. Adult eastern rat snakes commonly measure 90 to 183 cm (2 ft 11 in to 6 ft 0 in) in total length (including tail), with a few exceeding 200 cm (6 ft 7 in). [12] The longest recorded total length to date for an eastern rat snake is 228 cm (7 ft 6 in). [11] A sample of eastern rat snakes, including juvenile and adult snakes, weighed ...
The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides), also commonly known as the black ratsnake, central ratsnake, chicken snake, midland ratsnake, or pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the genus Pantherophis in the subfamily Colubrinae. [5] The gray ratsnake is one of about ten species within the American ratsnake ...
These snakes can usually reach 36 inches. The Western Massasauga. The western massasauga is the smallest rattlesnake in Kansas and has been spotted in every county surrounding Sedgwick. It is ...
Kansas is home to 15 species of turtles. [1] Family Chelydridae – snapping turtles. Alligator snapping turtle. Common snapping turtle. Family Kinosternidae – mud and musk turtles. Common musk turtle (stinkpot) Yellow mud turtle. Family Emydidae – basking and box turtles.
Missouri is home to 43 different types of snakes, with around 27 varieties found in the Kansas City area. Here’s what know if you see one next time you’re gardening or hiking.
Pantherophis emoryi. — Potts & Collins, 2005. Pantherophis emoryi, commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of non venomous rat snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the central part of the United States, from Missouri to Nebraska, to Colorado, south to Texas, and into northern Mexico.
The corn snake is named for the species' regular presence near grain stores, where it preys on mice and rats that eat harvested corn (). [9]The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as far back as 1675, whilst other sources maintain that the corn snake is so-named because the distinctive, nearly-checkered pattern of the snake's belly scales resembles the kernels of variegated corn.