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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 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. [2] The snakes can also eat young chickens and chicks, hence the common name chicken snake. Rat snakes are most vulnerable to predators as juveniles.
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 .
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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 .
The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis), [5] 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. [6]
Southwestern blackhead snake; Rat snake. Baird's rat snake; Beauty rat snake; Great Plains rat snake; Green rat snake; Japanese forest rat snake; Japanese rat snake; King rat snake; Mandarin rat snake; Persian rat snake; Red-backed rat snake [3] Twin-spotted rat snake; Yellow-striped rat snake; Manchurian Black Water Snake; Rattlesnake. Arizona ...
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 ...