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    Species Accepted

    Pantherophis obsoletus (Say, 1823)

    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 4 countries or islands

      4 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
      Black Rat snake English
      Cobra-rateira-Texana Portuguese
      Cobra-rateira-oriental Portuguese
      Eastern Rat Snake English
      Erdnatter German
      Everglades Ratsnake (rossalleni) English
      Pilot Black Snake English
      Pilot Black Snake (obsoleta) English
      Serpent ratier de l'ouest French
      Serpent ratier noir French

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      124 results
      James, 1823 Published in
      Baillie, Jonathan E. M.; Janine Griffiths, Samuel T. Turvey, Jonathan Loh and Ben Collen (eds.). (2010). Evolution Lost: Status and Trends of the World’s Vertebrates. Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom, 95 Pp.
      Blouin-Demers, Gabriel, Laura P. G. Bjorgan and Patrick J. Weatherhead. (2007). Changes in habitat use and movement patterns with body size in black ratsnakes, Elaphe obsoleta. Herpetologica 63 (4): 421-429.
      Schmidt, D., & Kunz, K. (2005). Ernährung von Schlangen. Natur Und Tier Verlag, Münster, 159 Pp.
      Burt, Charles E. (1935). Further records of the ecology and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the middle west. American Midland Naturalist 16 (3): 311-336.
      Burbrink, Frank T. Marcelo Gehara, Alexander D. McKelvy, and Edward A. Myers. (2020). Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex). Evolution 75(2): 260–277.
      Fitch, H. S. (1963). Natural history of the black rat snake (Elaphe o. obsoleta) in Kansas. Copeia 1963 (4): 649-658.
      Lougheed, S.C., et al. (1999). Hierarchical patterns of genetic population structure in black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) as revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis. Evolution 53:1995-2001.
      SWARTWOUT, MEREDITH C. & JOHN D. WILLSON. (2022). Southeastern US Snake Species are Vulnerable to Egg Predation by Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta). Herpetologica, 78(2):139-144.
      Conant, R., & Collins, J. T. (1991). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), Xx + 450 P.

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