< Back | Name: | Great Plains Rat Snake | | Family: | Terrestrial Snakes | | Scientific Name:
| Pantherophis emoryi | | Description: | Weakly keeled scales. A brown to light gray body, dark brown to red-brown blotches on back. Belly white with black or dark gray square markings. Top of head has markings shaped like a spear point. Young patterned like adults. Adults 24-36 inches in length. | | Range: | An uncommon snake of the Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains. | | Habits and Habitat: | A snake of open forests, forest edges and rocky hillsides. Active from March-October. Breeds in spring, lays from 3-30 eggs that hatch by September. A constrictor, it feeds on rodents, birds, and in areas with caves, it will feed on bats. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge Suzanne Collins |
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