The western rat snake is found throughout the eastern and central United States.

As young, this species can be distinguished from the Western Rat Snake by considering the dark bar that runs through each eye.

Of these, the rarest species include marbled salamander, box turtle, wood turtle, copperhead, timber rattlesnake, and Western rat snake.

Though they will often consume mice, voles, and rats, western rat snakes are far from specialists at this kind of prey and will readily consume any small vertebrate they can catch.

In the Slowinski's Corn Snake, this bar extends through the jawline and onto the neck whereas in the Western Rat Snake the bar extends only to the jawline where it stops abruptly.

The western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus), also commonly known as the Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America.

The western rat snake is found throughout the eastern and central United States.

As young, this species can be distinguished from the Western Rat Snake by considering the dark bar that runs through each eye.

Of these, the rarest species include marbled salamander, box turtle, wood turtle, copperhead, timber rattlesnake, and Western rat snake.

Though they will often consume mice, voles, and rats, western rat snakes are far from specialists at this kind of prey and will readily consume any small vertebrate they can catch.

In the Slowinski's Corn Snake, this bar extends through the jawline and onto the neck whereas in the Western Rat Snake the bar extends only to the jawline where it stops abruptly.

The western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus), also commonly known as the Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America.

Texas Ratsnake or Black rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Western Ratsnake or Texas Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

The western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus), also commonly known as the Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America.

He wrote journal entries on the order of "the black rat snake is happy in his new cage."

A few black rat snakes have been seen in and around logs and brush areas.

A live black rat snake was draped around a staff member's neck and you could touch the reptile's surprisingly soft scales.

He constructed a snake pit filled with black rat snakes to support his experiments and test predator guards.

A two-headed black rat snake with separate throats and stomachs survived for 20 years.

Predators include black rat snakes and long-tailed weasels.

Black rat snakes, and Garter snakes are common.

Northern water snakes often share winter dens with copperheads and black rat snakes.

The park also provides habitat for the rare and harmless black rat snake, which is the largest snake found in Canada.

Some snake species may prey on the least weasel, including the black rat snake and copperhead.

A black rat snake, until recently entangled in plastic netting, recovers in an aquarium.

Other reptiles include the eastern box turtle, the fence lizard, the black rat snake, and the northern water snake.

On occasion Black Rat Snakes and Eastern Milksnakes are reported here.

No, not the construction workers, who were spooked by what turned out to be a collection of commonplace and quite harmless hognose and black rat snakes.

Current research focuses on the threatened black rat snake, snapping and map turtles and declining populations of Cerulean warblers.

Texas Ratsnake or Black rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Elaphe obsoleta, a.k.a. the black rat snake, a non-venomous colubrid species found in North America.

Black rat snakes, or Elaphe obsoleta, generally start to mate in late April, May and early June after the winter hibernation.

Elaphe obsoleta (Black Rat Snake)

During the winter, timber rattlesnakes hibernate in dens, in limestone crevices, often together with copperheads and black rat snakes.

Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

For example, the black rat snakes, or Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta, prefer heavily wooded habitats due to their excellent tree climbing ability.

For instance, the black rat snakes, or Elaphe obsoleta ssp., are well distributed from Ontario, Canada to Florida and Texas.

Significant animal species include the black rat snake (now officially renamed the Gray Ratsnake by experts on this species) and the Blanding's turtle.

The yellow rat snakes, a subspecies of Elaphe obsoleta, differ from the black rat snakes in that they have four bold longitudinal dark stripes.

This association gave rise to the common name, pilot black snake, and the superstition that this nonvenomous species led the venomous ones to the den.

The western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus), also commonly known as the Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America.

Texas Ratsnake or Black rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Western Ratsnake or Texas Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

The western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus), also commonly known as the Texas ratsnake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous colubrid species found in North America.