Pantherophis obsoletus
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Western Ratsnake
Also known as:
Western Rat Snake, Black Rat Snake, Pilot Rat Snake, Black Snake
It turns out that you can find a lot of ratsnakes in western Missouri by looking under medium-to-large boards. Who knew?
Online references:
- Pantherophis obsoletus account on The Reptile Database
Printed references:
- Ashton, R. E. Jr., Ashton, P. S. 1988. Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida, Part One: The Snakes, Second Edition
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Ernst, C. H., Ernst, E. M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada