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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]
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Pantherophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes endemic to central and eastern regions of North America. It consists of the North American ratsnakes , the foxsnakes , and the cornsnakes . The genus, which contains 10 recognized species, first appeared in the fossil record in the Middle Miocene around 16.3 million years ago.
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)
Eastern Ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) Corn Snake ... Eastern ratsnakes can get to be 7 feet long and are all black or dark gray in color. Their bellies are cream-colored. This species can ...
Gray ratsnake: Pantherophis spiloides (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron, & A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) Abundant [n 3] The taxonomy of the genus Pantherophis, and especially P. alleghaniensis and P. spiloides, are in flux, and the names and validity of this species are prone to change Generally west of the Appalachians: Eastern hog-nosed snake: Heterodon ...
Pantherophis obsoletus or the western rat snake Characteristics: Western rat snakes are among the largest snakes in Iowa, reaching 4 to 6 feet in length. The longest recorded was 8 feet 7 inches.
Eastern rat snake (subadult), Pantherophis quadrivittatus, in Maryland P. quadrivittatus is found in the United States east of the Apalachicola River in Florida, east of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, east of the Appalachian Mountains, north to southeastern New York and western Vermont, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, south to the Florida Keys.