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Black Rat Snake
Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Colubridae - colubrids »  genus Pantherophis - rat snake

Scientific synonyms

Coluber obsoletus Say, 1823
Georgia obsoleta (Say) Baird & Girard,1853
Elaphe obsoleta (Say in James, 1823)
Scotophis obsoletus
Pituophis obsoletus
Elaphe obsoleta decekerti
Elaphe obsoleta deckerti

Other names

= Black Snake
= Pilot Black Snake
= Rat Snake

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus - Black Rat Snake

male

Author: Jan Kubat

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake, female

Author: Jaroslav Polák

Pantherophis obsoletus - Black Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimerii - Texas Rat Snake

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Included taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimerii (Baird & Girard, 1853) - Texas Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimerii

subspecies Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus (Say, 1823) - Black Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus obsoletus

subspecies Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus (Holbrook, 1836) - Yellow Rat Snake

Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus

subspecies Pantherophis obsoletus rossalleni Neill, 1949 - Everglades Rat Snake

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [90069553]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Ratsnakes of the Genus Elaphe [Eobsoleta]

Korell S., Knight R.: Ratsnakes of the Genus Elaphe [http://www.ratsnakes.com]
EN Reptile Database - Search [genus=Pantherophis&species=obsoletus]

Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/] [as Pantherophis obsoletus (SAY, 1823)]
Data retrieved on: 20 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6510:pilotnatter-elaphe-pituophis-obsoleta&Itemid=180]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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