Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, [5] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family …

How can you tell if a black snake is male or female? Male snakes (one head or two headed) have a pair of tube shaped hemipenes inside their bodies just behind their cloacal. Since these …

Eastern rat snakes, formerly known as black rat snakes, are large non-venomous snakes between 3.5 and 7 feet (one and two meters) long. They have shiny black scales on their back and a …

2024年4月25日 · The eastern rat snake is a colubrid native to North America. It is also known by the names pilot black snake, pilot snake, black rat snake, and chicken snake. In Florida, it is …

Here we focussed on variation in offspring size in black ratsnakes, Elaphe obsoleta. We collected and hatched 105 clutches (1283 eggs) over 9 years. We predicted that females should lay …

2024年1月30日 · Keep reading to learn basic black rat snake facts and how to care for this gentle serpent. The black rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus) is also referred to as the Western Rat …

2012年7月19日 · Around five weeks after mating, the female lays 12-20 eggs in a well hidden spot. Around 2½ months later, the eggs hatch into vigorous young snakes, and will become …

The female black rat snake gives birth after three months of mating, when it will give birth to at least three babies, and at most eighty babies. From the time of birth, the baby snakes are …

Description: Ratsnakes are very common throughout the southeast. They are normally solid black in color with a lighter underbelly. Their bodies range from slender to heavily built. Variation is …

Record length is 8ft 5in making it the longest snake native to North America. Lifespan: eight to ten years in the wild. Up to thirty years in captivity. Diet: Carnivore, a constrictor species, they …