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 Encyclopedia: Rat snake
New World rat snakes belong to the Colubrine tribe Lampropeltinae, and as such are closely related to Lampropeltis (milk snakes and king snakes), Pituophis (gopher snakes, pine snakes and bull snakes), Rhinocheilus (longnose snakes), Arizona (glossy snakes) and Stilosoma (short-tailed snakes).
Rat snakes are a large, polyphyletic, group of snakes from the Colubrid subfamily Colubrinae.
The entire Lampropeltinid group is descended from Old World rat snakes that crossed the Bering Land Bridge sometime within the last twenty to thirty million years.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rat-snake   (611 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black rat snakes are quite large and are known to reach up to eight (8) feet, being the largest snake found in Canada.
The record length for a Black Rat Snake is 101 inches, making it (officially) the largest snake in North America.
The snake prefers heavily wooded areas and they are known for having excellent climbing ability, including the ability to climb the trunk of large mature trees without the aid of branches.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Rat_Snake   (236 words)

  
 Rat Snake
Rat snakes are common on the throughout the Southeast.
Rat snakes feed on birds and their eggs as well as rodents, such as rats, mice and squirrels.
Range of the Rat Snake in the eastern U.S.A. Snakes of SC and GA
www.uga.edu /srelherp/snakes/elaobs.htm   (168 words)

  
 Rat_Snake
Rat snakes usually crawl on the ground in search of rats and other rodents, thereby earning the friendship of farmers aware of their habits.
Rat snakes are superb climbers - an ability enhanced by the special shape of their belly scales.
The preferred habitat of rat snakes is swamps, hardwood forests, rocky, wooded hillsides, farms, and suburban woods.
wildflowers.jdcc.edu /Rat_Snake.html   (177 words)

  
 Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures
The rat snake varies in color from almost solid black to brown, green or yellow and may have stripes or blotches.
Rat snakes belong to the colubrid family, which comprises common, usually harmless snakes found on all continents except Australia.
Rat snakes hibernate; however, the length of hibernation varies with climate.
animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/slithering/ratsnake.html   (439 words)

  
 Rat Snake Gallery
The grey rat snake presents with a light - dark grey background colouration with darker h-shaped blotches along the length of the snake.
Great plains rat snakes integrate naturally with corn snakes and are often used in captive breeding programmes to strengthen blood lines.
Yellow rat snakes grow to a length of around 1.5m.
www.snakesalive.co.za /ratsnake.php   (849 words)

  
 Yellow Rat Snake
Rat snakes are constrictors and kill their prey by slowly squeezing them until they no longer can breathe.
The yellow rat snake, also known as the chicken snake, is non-venomous; however, it does not hesitate to strike at an aggressor and, if it makes contact, will hang on and chew.
As implied by their name, yellow rat snakes are usually yellow to olive in color, with four brown lateral stripes.
www.zinnysworld.com /yellow_rat_snake.htm   (163 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake Fact Sheet - National Zoo FONZ
Rat snakes produce a foul-smelling musk and release it on the predator if they are picked up, spreading the musk around with their tail.
Rat snakes are found from New England south through Florida and west through the eastern half of Texas and Nebraska and north again to southern Wisconsin.
The common rat snake is medium-sized, averaging 42 to 72 inches (106.7 to 183 cm) in length.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Blackratsnake.cfm   (844 words)

  
 rat snake on Encyclopedia.com
PREDATION ON THE HISPID COTTON RAT (SIGMODON HISPIDUS) BY SNAKES AND OWLS.
Indonesian district chief frees 100 snakes to catch rats
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-ratsnake.asp   (302 words)

  
 Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata
In the Everglades region of the southern peninsula it intergrades with the Everglades rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni).
In the northwestern peninsula it intergrades (interbreeds) with the gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides).
The corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata) juvenile is brownish with a checkerboard patterned belly.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/fl-guide/Elapheoquadrivittata.htm   (389 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake
Black Rat Snakes are powerful constrictors, which means once they catch their prey, they wrap their body around it and squeeze until the animal suffocates.
Black Rat Snakes are found in forests, fields, marshes, and farmland.
Black Rat Snakes are known to climb rafters in barns and similar buildings.
www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/black_rat_snake.htm   (287 words)

  
 WildWNC.org : Animals : CORN SNAKE
Corn Snakes are highly variable in coloration and pattern depending on the age of the snake and the region of the country in which it is found.
Rat snakes are large, powerful, non-venomous snakes which feed on a variety of prey species which they overpower by constriction.
The Corn Snake, also known as the red rat snake, is one of several species of rat snakes occuring in the United States.
wildwnc.org /af/cornsnake.html   (786 words)

  
 Everglades Rat Snake
The Glades rat snake is native to the Kissimmee Prairie and the Everglades Regions of South Florida.
Key Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni "deckerti"): This is a striped and blotched version of the Glades rat with a tan, orange, or brown dorsal color.
Pure Everglades rat snakes are becoming rare in the wild due to the expansion of the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) into Southern Florida.
www.reptileallsorts.com /gladescareguide.htm   (2633 words)

  
 ANIMAL BYTES - Yellow Rat Snake
Yellow rat snakes are also valuable in their role of curbing rodent populations, especially those near human settlement and agricultural settings.
The yellow rat snake, or chicken snake, is known to feed on domestic fowl (i.e.
Like pythons and boas, rat snakes are constrictors, which suffocate their prey.
www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/reptilia/squamata/yellow-rat-snake.htm   (298 words)

  
 Texas Rat Snake
Texas Rat Snakes are sometimes referred to as "chicken snakes," because they are occasionally seen in or around chicken coops.
Also, if you were to encounter a Texas Rat Snake in your attic and it bit you, all that is needed medically is to washed the area thoroughly with antibacterial soap and water - they can hardly break the skin.
The background color of an adult Texas Rat Snake will range from shades of brown to yellow and even orange, and the blotches are much less distinguishable in adult specimens.
www.houstonherp.com /TxRat.html   (589 words)

  
 Rat Snake Bite
Snake owners who do not properly care for their snakes are the ones that end up with horrible accidents we hear on the television and read in the newspapers.
Snakes also have strong nose and tongue senses, they tend to use their long tongue to catch scents and bring them to their mouth.
You should feed your snake a mouse is about the width of their body (do not include the head of the mouse).
snakefriends.com /rat-snake-bite.html   (850 words)

  
 yellow rat snake - infos
The yellow rat snake is the southeastern representative of the black rat snake clan...
Rat snakes are constrictors and kill their prey...
The yellow rat snake, also known as the chicken snake, is non-venomous; however, it does not hesitate...
www.angelfire.com /alt2/ang10/19/yellow-rat-snake.html   (203 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake Page
In contrast to the black racer, the belly of a rat snake is a mixture of light and dark, usually a cloudy gray or white, but with a checkering effect toward the head, giving a somewhat mottled appearance.
Rat snakes can be arboreal, climbing fairly high into trees and barn rafters to search for food and to rest after a meal.
In many states the Black Rat Snake is classed as "Endangered." It is illegal to harass, kill, collect or possess these snakes in Massachusetts, where they are exceedingly rare, and have been found only in the Connecticut Valley and southern Worcester County, where they occupy rocky ledges and forested hillsides.
users.internorth.com /~wiccan/hobbies/blackrat.htm   (821 words)

  
 Corn Snake, Red Rat Snake
To hibernate a your Rat snake for the winter, make sure it has had no food for two weeks and that the temperature is normal during this time allowing the snake to fully digest it's last meal and empty it's guts.
Distribution: The Black Rat snake is the most widely distributed rat snake in North America with a range from New England south through Georgia and west across the northern parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and north through Oklahoma to southern Wisconsin.
I have worked with Black Rat snakes that have had an even temperament, but also those that would strike and bite as soon as you went inside their cage to do routine maintenance.
www.erac.org.uk /Caresheets/Blackratsnake.htm   (1211 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake
Black rat snakes are found in a variety of settings including farm areas, upland wooded areas, swampy areas, and near human habitation.
In the case of the black rat snake, they are born a grayish color with dark blotches dorsally.
It would be very difficult to accurately estimate how beneficial rat snakes can be as far as quantities of rodents they would consume in the wild, but if the large quantities of mice eaten in captivity are any indication, it would be in our best interest to leave these non-venomous snakes alone.
www.kingsnake.com /louisiana/species_black_rat_snake.htm   (277 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
Young rat snakes are patterned with dark blotches on a gray background, and traces of this juvenile coloration are often visible in adult specimens.
Range and Status: Black Rat Snakes occur in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula, but are rare and declining.
If cornered or grabbed these snakes may hiss and strike, but are non venomous and harmless to humans.
www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-61209--,00.html   (155 words)

  
 Yellow Rat Snake Page
Young rat snakes are strongly blotched against a gray background and could be easily mistaken for a different subspecies.
They are known to interbreed with the Black Rat Snake which are found throughout the rest of the state.
Adult Yellow Rat Snakes are distinguished by 4 dark stripes against a lighter background of yellow.
www.snakesandfrogs.com /scra/snakes/yrat.htm   (207 words)

  
 Forum Message: 'A: rat snake'
When the snake is hungry and you put the prey item (rat) in there, the snake is a little unsure as to where the rat is and he is so inundated with rat smell all over, day in/day out, and may not be interested in eating as eagerly as he used to.
Also have seen cases where (when snake is kept close to live breeder rats/pet rats and the snake is fed live), that the snake isn't really interested in eating; or mis-strikes, and grabs just the leg of rat or whatever; but end result is snake ends up bitten by rat.
Not only could it stress out the snake because of the rat smell in the room (causing snake to be confused and inadvertantly strike/bite at you thinking you hand entering the cage is an offering of a rat at feeding time), but there is another couple of reasons.
www.practical-pet-care.com /snake_question.php?ID=2.1998354428   (461 words)

  
 Species Profiles
Rat snakes also have several representatives that are amelanistic (lacking black pigment) or leucistic (white coloration with blue eyes).
Members of the rat snake clan can have stripes, blotches, or a combination of stripes and blotches; even unicolored species can be found.
These snakes can be maintained on adult mice or, as their name implies, rats.
www.animalnetwork.com /reptiles/profiles/profileview.asp?RecordNo=376   (155 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake Page
Black Rat Snakes are commonly found throughout South Carolina except in the coastal counties where they are replaced by the Yellow Rat Snake.
Young Black Rat Snakes are strongly blotched against a gray background and could be easily mistaken for a different subspecies.
Rodents, birds and bird eggs, and lizards are favored prey by rat snakes.
www.snakesandfrogs.com /scra/snakes/brat.htm   (303 words)

  
 Rat and Corn Snake Photos
The Yellow Rat Snake is found in peninsular Florida and along the Atlantic Coast as far north as North Carolina.
The Gray Rat Snake is a subspecies of the Yellow Rat Snake.
The Gray Rat Snake is found in south Georgia, the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, and Alabama and north along Mississippi River into Kentucky.
www.southalley.com /album_rat.html   (964 words)

  
 Corn Snake, Red Rat Snake
Description: The Russian rat snake is the more common of the two species that is captive bred and seen for sale.
The snake should shed her skin about 10-12 days before laying her eggs and will need somewhere in which to deposit them.  An ice cream tub with the lid on and a hole cut in the side filled with damp moss or vermiculite makes an ideal lay box.
As the snake grows the size and number of items can be increased.  Never be tempted to over feed your snake.
www.erac.org.uk /Caresheets/RussianRatSnake.htm   (535 words)

  
 Black Rat Snake, Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta
Rat Snakes in the southern portion of Allamakee county, Iowa, the next county south of Houston County, Minnesota.
Black Rat Snakes are among the largest of Minnesota's snakes.
The Black Rat Snake is listed as a species of Special Concern by the State of Minnesota.
www.herpnet.net /Minnesota-Herpetology/snakes/Black_ratsnake.html   (636 words)

  
 Rat Snake
Rat snakes are excellent climbers and may crawl up into homes, or they may have hatched from eggs laid under siding or in the attic.
The rat snake occurs throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and can be found in every county in North Carolina.
It is a rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, and in late summer and early fall hatchlings occasionally enter homes.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/ent/clinic/Bugofwk/964975/snake.htm   (193 words)

  
 Georgia Wildlife Web Site; reptiles: Elaphe obsoleta
The Eastern Rat Snake breeds in the spring and lays from 5 - 44 eggs from June to August.
All Rat Snakes of the Genus Elaphe have weakly keeled scales.
The Yellow Rat Snake is uniform greenish to greenish yellow, with four dark brown or black longitudinal stripes.
museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/colubridae/eobsoleta.html   (502 words)

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