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The snakes can also eat young chickens and chicks, hence the common name chicken snake. Rat snakes are most vulnerable to predators as juveniles. Predators of P. quadrivittatus include hawks (Buteo spp.), great horned owls (Bubo virginianus), foxes, raccoons, and domestic cats. Adult eastern rat snakes have few known predators other than humans.
In comparison to rat snake species at relatively colder regions, rat snake species at lower latitudes tend to be larger in size due to warmer climate conditions. As the global climate warms, the average body size of rat snakes at higher latitudes will become larger, which will allow the species to catch more prey and thus increase their overall ...
This is a list of extant snakes, ... Cat-eyed snake. Banded cat-eyed snake; Green cat-eyed snake; ... Yellow-striped rat snake;
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 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 ...
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).
Coelognathus flavolineatus (Schlegel, 1837) – yellow-striped rat snake; Coelognathus helena (Daudin, 1803) – trinket snake; Coelognathus philippinus (Griffin, 1909) – reddish rat snake; Coelognathus radiatus (F. Boie, 1827) – copperhead rat snake; Coelognathus subradiatus (Schlegel, 1837) - Indonesian rat snake
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