The Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) is a North American species of rat snake. Their docile nature, reluctance to bite, moderate adult size, attractive pattern, and comparatively simple care make them commonly kept pet snakes. Though superficially...
The Western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus) is a non-venomous species of Colubridae found in central North America. Along with other snakes of the eastern United States, like the Eastern indigo snake or the Eastern racer, it is called 'black...
The Eastern rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) is a nonvenomous colubrid species native to North America. These snakes live in a variety of habitats and have few known predators other than humans.
The Gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) is a species of nonvenomous snake. It is one of about ten species within the American ratsnake genus Pantherophis.
The Eastern fox snake (Pantherophis vulpinus) is a species of rat snake native to North America. It is a non-venomous colubrid. The scientific name of this species ‘vulpinus’ means ‘fox-like’. Fox snakes earned their name because the musk they give...
Pantherophis emoryi, commonly known as the Great Plains rat snake, is a species of nonvenomous rat snake native to the central part of the United States, from Missouri to Nebraska, to Colorado, south to Texas, and into northern Mexico.
The Western fox snake (Pantherophis ramspotti) is a nonvenomous species of rat snake found in the United States. The part of its scientific name, ramspotti, was given in honor of the late aspiring herpetologist Joseph Ramspott.
Slowinski's corn snake (Pantherophis emoryi slowinskii) is a subspecies of the Great Plains rat snake. It is nonvenomous and has long been considered an intergrade of the Corn snake (Pantherophis guttata) and the Great Plains rat snake (Pantherophis...
Pantherophis bairdi is a harmless colubrid snake species endemic to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.
