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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]
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 snake is a constrictor, and adults eat mainly endotherms while young eat mainly ectotherms. The diet includes rodents, lizards, frogs, and birds and their eggs. [26] The snakes can also eat young chickens and chicks, hence the common name chicken snake. Rat snakes are most vulnerable to predators as juveniles.
This rare white gray ratsnake, sometimes called a chicken snake, was discovered in Bay St. Louis in 2023. Like the copperhead, gray ratsnakes are among the most commonly encountered snakes in ...
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The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.
Chicken snake may refer to: Pantherophis alleghaniensis, the eastern rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America; Pantherophis guttatus, the corn snake ...
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 ...