Elaphe obsoleta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Elaphe obsoleta']

• English: Rat snake, Black Ratsnake, Western ratsnake
• العربية: أفعى الجُرذان الغربيَّة
• français: Couleuvre obscure

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Ordo: Squamata • Subordo: Serpentes • Infraordo: Alethinophidia • Familia: Colubridae • Subfamilia: Colubrinae • Genus: Elaphe • Species: Elaphe obsoleta (Say in James, 1823)

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Elaphe obsoleta

Synonyms

Pantherophis obsoletus

• ITIS link: Elaphe obsoleta (Say in James, 1823)

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  Everglades Ratsnake
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  Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta, Ontario
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  ventral surface
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  North Carolina specimen eating a rodent.
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  Black Rat Snakes mating
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  Black Rat Snakes in a Pennsylvania backyard
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  Yes they can climb trees!
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  Black snakes in tree.
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  Mating in Pennsylvania tree. June 24th, 2008.
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  Up close after falling from tree 001.
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  Up close after falling from tree 002.
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  Juvenile
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  Close-up