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The longest recorded total length to date for an eastern rat snake is 228 cm (7 ft 6 in). [12] A sample of eastern rat snakes, including juvenile and adult snakes, weighed from 54 g (1.9 oz) to 1,274 g (2.809 lb). [16] A further adult weighed 833 g (1.836 lb). [17] Adults are shiny black dorsally, with a cream or white chin and throat.
Gray rat snake, Pantherophis spiloides Black ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletus (formerly Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta): The blue eyes indicate the snake is in a shed cycle. Yellow rat snake Pantherophis sp. (formerly Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) from Florida. Bogertophis spp. Baja California rat snake, B. rosaliae (Mocquard, 1899)
The Texas rat snake is a medium to large snake, capable of attaining lengths of 4–5 ft. [2] They vary greatly in color and patterning throughout their range, but they are typically yellow or tan, with brown to olive-green, irregular blotching from head to tail. Specimens from the southern area of their range tend to have more yellow, while ...
When startled, the gray ratsnake, like other ratsnakes, stops and remains motionless with its body held in a series of wave-like kinks. The snake will also rattle its tail against whatever it is lying on, making an audible buzzing sound; this is intended to fool a potential threat into thinking that they've encountered a rattlesnake. The gray ...
Spilotes pullatus, commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, [3] or yellow rat snake, [3] is a species of large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the Neotropics. Taxonomy [ edit ]
Ptyas mucosa, commonly known as the Oriental rat snake, [2] dhaman or Indian rat snake, [4] is a common non-venomous species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast Asia. Dhamans are large snakes. Typical mature total length is around 1.5 to 1.95 m (4 ft 11 in to 6 ft 5 in) though some exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
Yellow rat snake may refer to: Spilotes pullatus , a large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Mesoamerica Pantherophis obsoletus ( quadrivittata ), a color variation of a large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the southeastern United States
Corn snake: Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta: Black rat snake: Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata: Yellow rat snake: Farancia abacura abacura: Eastern mud snake: Farancia erytrogramma erytrogramma: Rainbow Snake: Heterodon platirhinos: Eastern hognose snake: Heterodon simus: Southern hognose snake: Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata: Mole king snake ...