#1752 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Foxsnake

Pantherophis vulpinus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Diana-Terry Hibbitts · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Laura Rainbow Dragon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bob Burns · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Ethan Gosnell · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Lucas County, OH, USA:© Kim Springer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Wisconsin, US:© Angus Mossman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Saginaw County, MI, USA:© Allen Chartier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pantherophis vulpinus , commonly known as the western or eastern fox snake (or foxsnake), is a species of rat snake that is endemic to North America. It is a non-venomous Colubrid.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,142iNaturalist 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.
6,142 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).