I found it concise, funny, and I almost filled everything. And, there was a proposal to combine Pituophis and Pantherophis for a time, because one study found that some Pantherophis were more closely related to Pituophis than they were to other Pantherophis; this didn’t really catch on, and as far as I know no other study has since replicated that result. Our largest snake, the black rat snake can reach a length of eight feet, but is usually much smaller. Adult black rat snakes have few known predators other than humans. I have not covered every minute detail here and I didn’t intend to. For example, someone once told me to always step in a log, and look over the other side before stepping over. Thanks for reading. Illegal to harass, kill, collect or possess. (sampling means examining a certain number of snake DNA from all portions of the range). There are now 3 species, instead of just temminckii. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Same thing happened to Macroclemys. And two, because it is an issue that resonates with me, if an eastern rat snake can be gray, black, dusky or orange/yellow, and still be one species, that really seems to reinforce the fact that humans of every shade and shape are truly one species and dividing them up into races is just ignorant and anti science…. If the Everglades/Yellow Rat Snake and a corn snake were the same species then you wouldn’t find distinct examples of each in the exact same place in the wild. State herpetologist confirmed. I leave it up to you to decide which taxonomy to accept. Go snakes. Although they are not particularly aggressive, they may bite, defecate or spray musk when handled. also, under this revision, there are no subspecies. if so, what makes them different species and how do they keep their DNA separated? I will keep this short, concise, and (hopefully) easy for any one to understand. But, I’m sure it differs from place to place. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The black rat snake can reach a length of eight feet, but is usually much smaller. Despite the rumblings, the two main herpetology groups in North America have accepted the new ratsnake taxonomy. The black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsolete) is one the most impressive animals found in the biotic community of our Nature Trail. i am not as terrified of snakes as i used to be from both visiting snake ed sites and from realizing that snakes actually rarely bite humans who are not bothering them, but i still don’t want to accidentally get in a position where a snake bites me. However, the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (an organization studying herps) started using Pantherophis and so, gradually, more and more people began accepting Pantherophis…but it was about to get more confusing. What’s the difference in the Ratsnake and the Chickensnake! Mammals, birds and bird eggs make up the bulk of their diet and rat snakes will readily climb trees to raid bird and squirrel nests. I caught breeding rats in eastern MA in Bristol county. Without getting too deep into it, they came to the conclusion that what was then known as the Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus) was actually three separate species.

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