#1630 · 🦎 reptiles

Western Ratsnake

🇳🇱 Zwarte rattenslang ·Pantherophis obsoletus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © jbpeters · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © J.D. Willson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Scott Buckel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Shaun Hayes · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 527 Co Rd 4777, Warren, TX 77664, USA:© Lisa Appelbaum · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Frate Barker Rd, Austin, TX, US:© Erin · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Louisiana, US:© Brittany M · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 2322 N 700th Rd, Eudora, KS, US:© jeffweinell · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jefferson Parish, LA, USA:© William Wimley · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pantherophis obsoletus – also known as the western rat snake , black rat snake , pilot black snake , or simply black snake – is a nonvenomous species of Colubridae found in central North America. No subspecies are currently recognized. Its color variations include the Texas ratsnake .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 29,795iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
29,795 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1823 (203 years ago).