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#1667 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Ratsnake

Pantherophis quadrivittatus

🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
Eastern Ratsnake, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pantherophis quadrivittatus , commonly called the yellow ratsnake or eastern ratsnake , is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 13,275iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 13,275 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Eastern Ratsnake
scientific name
Pantherophis quadrivittatus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Colubridae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
13,275
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Colubridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1660911, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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