Eastern Rat Snake
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 16,982
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The central ratsnake, also commonly known as the black ratsnake, chicken snake, gray ratsnake, midland ratsnake, and pilot black snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The gray ratsnake is one of eight species within the American ratsnake genus Pantherophis.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Central ratsnake”.