Western rat snake swimming on water in northeastern Texas
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Colubridae
Genus:
Pantherophis
Species:
P. obsoletus
Binomial name
Pantherophis obsoletus
(Say in James, 1823)
Synonyms[3]
Coluber obsoletus Say, 1823
Elaphis holbrookii A.M.C. Dumeril & Bibron, 1854
Scotophis obsoletus — Kennicott, 1860
Elaphis obsoletus — Garman, 1883
Elaphe obsoleta — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917
Pantherophis obsoletus — Utiger et al., 2002
Pituophis obsoletus — Burbrink & Lawson, 2007
Scotophis obsoletus — Collins & Taggart, 2008
Pantherophis obsoletus — Pyron & Burbrink, 2009
Pantherophis obsoletus, also known commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake,[4] is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to central North America. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[5] Its color variations include the Texas rat snake.[3] Along with other snakes of the eastern United States, like the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) and the eastern racer (Coluber constrictor), it is called “black snake”.
Black rat snake
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^Hammerson GA (2019). "Pantherophis obsoletus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T90069553A90069569. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T90069553A90069569.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2021.
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