#1615 · 🦎 reptiles

Central Ratsnake

Pantherophis alleghaniensis

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Zane Fish · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © amarcianae · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Linda Nuttall · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © bobbyfingers · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Connecticut, US:© uconnbirdfish · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. 680 Berkshire Rd, Wingdale, NY, US:© Gerry Salmon · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Middleburg, VA, US:© raquel_lopez25 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Washington, District of Columbia, United States:© Katja Schulz · CC BY 4.0
10. Ontario, CA:© shanemonty · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The gray ratsnake or gray rat snake ( Pantherophis alleghaniensis ), also commonly known as the black ratsnake , central ratsnake , chicken snake , midland ratsnake , or 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 .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 62,541iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).