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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 ]
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]
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
Two species are recognized as being valid. [1] 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 ...
Copperhead snakes are among the most common species found in Mississippi, ... This rare white gray ratsnake, sometimes called a chicken snake, was discovered in Bay St. Louis in 2023.
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 ...
Texas blind snake; Western blind snake ... Chicken snake; Coachwhip snake; Cobra. Andaman cobra; ... Fox snake, three species of Pantherophis; Forest flame snake; G ...
Chicken snake or yellow rat snake, S. pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nota bene: In the above species lists, an authority's name in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. An authority's name not in parentheses indicates that the species is still assigned to the original genus in which it was described.