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Here's a shot of a Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) my wife and I (almost quite literally) stumbled across during a hike in New York this past fall. It wasn't too happy with me taking pictures, but I was able to get some decent ones. As you can see from the photo, though, it's a rather plain…
Finding a rat snake coiled up on a bit of shrubbery is a bit of a surprise. Rat snakes like this Elaphus obsoleta are among the most abundant snakes around, and are incredibly economically beneficial. As the name suggests, they are major predators on various pest species.
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Ontogenetic allometry in the fang in the front-fanged Causus rhombeatus (Viperidae) displaces the fang along the upper jaw. Scale bars, 1 mm. We note the change in relative size of the upper jaw subregions: i, anterior; ii, fang; iii, posterior. d.a.o., days after oviposition.
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I once found a juvenile black rat snake in my garage. Only... I had no idea what it was! I didn't know they weren't all black when they were small. Anyway, they are one of my favorite snake-neighbors.
I have a large female gray rat snake - Elaphe obsoleta spiloides. Anyone have a male? Would love to obtain viable hatchlings. Would have to be a big fellow, tho, or else she would eat him.
Just a little update - the genus Elaphe has recently been split, so black rat snakes are now in the genus Pantherophis. More details at...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaphe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantherophis
http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php