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Indigenous species include one species of crocodilian, 12 lizard species, 49 snake species, and 31 turtle species. Three native species have possibly been extirpated from the state. These include the eastern indigo snake , southern hognose snake and the mimic glass lizard .
Yellow rat snake, Pantherophis alleghaniensis ssp. quadrivittata, in Florida. 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]
Black copper rat snake or yellow striped snake, C. flavolineatus (Schlegel, 1837) Trinket snake, C. helena (Daudin, 1803) Copperhead rat snake, C. radiatus (F. Boie, 1827) Indonesian rat snake, C. subradiatus (Schlegel, 1837) Elaphe spp. Twin-spotted rat snake, Elaphe bimaculata Schmidt, 1925; King rat snake, Elaphe carinata (Günther, 1864)
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 ...
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
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Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, yellow rat snake; Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) - yellow-bellied hissing snake, Amazon puffing snake; Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes.
Pseudelaphe flavirufa (Cope, 1867) - yellow-red rat snake; Pseudelaphe phaescens (Dowling, 1952) - Yucatán rat snake; References. Genus Pseudelaphe at The Reptile ...